Need help editing "Preferences.sublime-settings - User" - json

Question

Ok... I'm very new, so please be nice :)
I'm trying to change the cursor, but I don't know how to add the "cursor code" to the "theme code" (monokai pro). The "theme code" is below "cursor code", how do I use both successfully? All I want to do is change the cursor.
How do I add this code (cursor code)
{
"caret_extra_width": 5,
"caret_style": "solid",
"wide_caret": true
}
To this code (theme code)
{
"author": "Chris Kempson",
"color_scheme": "Packages/Theme - Monokai Pro/Monokai Pro.sublime-color-scheme",
"globals":
{
"background": "var(blue5)",
"caret": "var(white)",
"foreground": "var(white)",
"invisibles": "var(blue7)",
"line_highlight": "var(blue)",
"selection": "var(blue2)"
},
"ignored_packages":
[
"Vintage"
],
"name": "Tomorrow Night - Blue",
"rules":
[
{
"foreground": "var(grey)",
"name": "Comment",
"scope": "comment, string.quoted.double.block.python"
},
{
"foreground": "var(white)",
"name": "Foreground, Operator",
"scope": "keyword.operator.class, keyword.operator, constant.other, source.php.embedded.line"
},
{
"foreground": "var(red3)",
"name": "Variable, String Link, Regular Expression, Tag Name",
"scope": "variable, support.other.variable, string.other.link, string.regexp, entity.name.tag, entity.other.attribute-name, meta.tag, declaration.tag"
},
{
"foreground": "var(orange)",
"name": "Number, Constant, Function Argument, Tag Attribute, Embedded",
"scope": "constant.numeric, constant.language, support.constant, constant.character, variable.parameter, punctuation.section.embedded, keyword.other.unit"
},
{
"foreground": "var(orange2)",
"name": "Class, Support",
"scope": "entity.name.class, entity.name.type.class, support.type, support.class"
},
{
"foreground": "var(green)",
"name": "String, Symbols, Inherited Class, Markup Heading",
"scope": "string, constant.other.symbol, entity.other.inherited-class, markup.heading"
},
{
"foreground": "var(blue6)",
"name": "Operator, Misc",
"scope": "keyword.operator, constant.other.color"
},
{
"foreground": "var(white3)",
"name": "Function, Special Method, Block Level",
"scope": "entity.name.function, meta.function-call, support.function, keyword.other.special-method, meta.block-level"
},
{
"foreground": "var(white2)",
"name": "Keyword, Storage",
"scope": "keyword, storage, storage.type, entity.name.tag.css"
},
{
"background": "var(red2)",
"foreground": "var(white)",
"name": "Invalid",
"scope": "invalid"
},
{
"background": "var(white4)",
"foreground": "var(white)",
"name": "Separator",
"scope": "meta.separator"
},
{
"background": "var(white2)",
"foreground": "var(white)",
"name": "Deprecated",
"scope": "invalid.deprecated"
},
{
"foreground": "var(white)",
"name": "Diff foreground",
"scope": "markup.inserted.diff, markup.deleted.diff, meta.diff.header.to-file, meta.diff.header.from-file"
},
{
"foreground": "var(yellow)",
"name": "Diff insertion",
"scope": "markup.inserted.diff, meta.diff.header.to-file"
},
{
"foreground": "var(red)",
"name": "Diff deletion",
"scope": "markup.deleted.diff, meta.diff.header.from-file"
},
{
"background": "var(blue4)",
"foreground": "var(white)",
"name": "Diff header",
"scope": "meta.diff.header.from-file, meta.diff.header.to-file"
},
{
"font_style": "italic",
"foreground": "var(blue3)",
"name": "Diff range",
"scope": "meta.diff.range"
},
{
"foreground": "var(red4)",
"name": "diff.deleted",
"scope": "markup.deleted"
},
{
"foreground": "var(yellow2)",
"name": "diff.inserted",
"scope": "markup.inserted"
},
{
"foreground": "var(purple)",
"name": "diff.changed",
"scope": "markup.changed"
}
],
"theme": "Agila.sublime-theme",
"variables":
{
"blue": "#00346e",
"blue2": "#003f8e",
"blue3": "#3e999f",
"blue4": "#4271ae",
"blue5": "#002451",
"blue6": "#99ffff",
"blue7": "#404f7d",
"green": "#d1f1a9",
"grey": "#999999",
"orange": "#ffc58f",
"orange2": "#ffeead",
"purple": "#967efb",
"red": "#c82829",
"red2": "#f99da5",
"red3": "#ff9da4",
"red4": "#f92672",
"white": "#ffffff",
"white2": "#ebbbff",
"white3": "#bbdaff",
"white4": "#bbdafe",
"yellow": "#718c00",
"yellow2": "#a6e22e"
}
}
Without getting this error message:
Error trying to parse settings: Unexpected trailing characters in
Packages/User/Preferences.sublime-settings
Thank you guys!

Answer 1

What you are calling your "cursor code" is actually some preferences. They should be added to your user preferences (available via Preferences → Settings on the right side). Don't erase what's already there, just follow the rules of JSON - start with an opening curly brace { on one line, then have one preference per line with a comma , at the end of each line, then close with a curly brace }. You can have as many preferences set as you want, don't limit it to just those three. Look at the default preferences on the left for a list of every single one that's available. Don't worry if you don't understand what they all mean - you can customize just about every single thing about Sublime!
As far as the color scheme, which is kind of what your lower piece of code is - the easiest thing to do is to install Monokai Pro from Package Control and ignore that code completely - it's corrupted. If you haven't installed Package Control yet, install it by selecting Tools → Install Package Control…. Once that's done, hit CtrlShiftP on Windows/Linux, ⌘ShiftP on macOS, to open the Command Palette. Type in pci (short for Package Control: Install Package), hit Enter, type in monpro, select Theme - Monokai Pro, and hit Enter again. You may see a message on the status bar (down at the very bottom of the window) saying it's installing.
Once it installs, select Preferences → Color Scheme…, scroll through the list of options, click on Monokai Pro, hit Enter, and you should be good to go. I know it looks a little complicated, but in reality it's not. Once Package Control is installed, you don't have to install it again (in fact - you can't install it again). You should also learn through this exercise that all Sublime modal menus have fuzzy search, so you can usually just type a couple of letters and the option you want will pop right up.