I am new to Sublime Text, and I haven't been able to fix or find an answer to this problem anywhere.
I just installed Sublime Text, and in the beginning it worked fine. Then I tried to change some settings under Preferences-> Settings User, e.g. font size. When I saved, it returned the error:
Error trying to parse settings: Expected string in C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\Sublime Text 2\Packages\User\Preferences.sublime-settings:18:1
(Where my ST packages are installed)
Now, whenever I try to open Sublime Text 2, it displays the same error message, and will not run.
I uninstalled and re-installed ST, and the problem remains (after I try to change my preferences).
I am running Sublime Text 2.0.2 on Windows 7.
Any insights into how to fix this problem (or better yet, why this problem emerged in the first place) would be most welcome.
Edit: This is the contents of the preference file (I don't know how to upload the file itself, if it is even possible)
// Settings in here override those in "Default/Preferences.sublime-settings", and
// are overridden in turn by file type specific settings.
// "User/Preferences.sublime-settings", which overrides the settings in here.
//
// Settings may also be placed in file type specific options files, for
// example, in Packages/Python/Python.sublime-settings for python files.
{
// Sets the colors used within the text area
"color_scheme": "Packages/Color Scheme - Default/Monokai.tmTheme",
// Note that the font_face and font_size are overriden in the platform
// specific settings file, for example, "Preferences (Linux).sublime-settings".
// Because of this, setting them here will have no effect: you must set them
// in your User File Preferences.
"font_face": "",
"font_size": 10,
}
Remove the last comma. Change:
"font_size": 10,
to:
"font_size": 10
I've just run into the same issue and I fixed it by:
Validate JSON is valid
Ensure file encoding is "UTF-8" (File > Save with encoding...)
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I am using HTMLPrettify with formatting set to "on save". Everytime I open and change the contents of a minified file, the package simply expands it and formats it the way it has to be, but that is not what I want. I want to exclude all files that have .min. in their extensions, so they can remain minified on save.
How can I do this?
SOLUTION: As MattDMo explained in his solution, there is no setting comming out of the box for this HTMLPrettify package.
There is no setting to do this. However, if you feel comfortable editing the plugin's code, you can do the following. Select Preferences → Browse Packages… to open your Packages folder in your operating system's file manager. Navigate to the HTMLPrettify folder and open HTMLPrettify.py in Sublime.
Go to line 22, which should be a comment on the very first line of the run method in the HtmlprettifyCommand class. Put your cursor just before the # symbol and hit Enter a few times to insert some blank lines. Then, go back to the very beginning of first blank line (not the indented beginning, the very beginning of the line) and insert the following code (the indentation should already be correct):
from os.path import split
try:
if ".min." in split(self.view.file_name())[1]:
return
except TypeError:
pass
Save the file, and the plugin should reload automatically. You can always restart Sublime to make sure. To explain the code: first we import os.path.split(), which separates the filename from the rest of the path. Next, we try to see if the string .min. is in the filename (os.path.split() returns a 2-part tuple containing the full path at the 0 index, and the filename at the 1 index). If it is, we return the method, ensuring that it does nothing else. If the string is not found, the code just continues on like normal. A TypeError exception may be raised by split() if self.view.file_name() doesn't contain anything, which would be the case if you're working in an unnamed buffer. If the TypeError does occur, we catch it and pass, as it means there is no .min. in the filename.
Warning
With this change, the plugin will no longer work on any minified file with .min. in the filename, even if you want to un-minify it. You'll either have to copy the contents to a blank buffer or rename the file first.
Good luck!
Is it possible to configure the AutoFileName plugin for Sublime Text 2 to recognize TypeScript reference path attributes and allow auto-completion for other .ts files in my project?
For example, if I had a file structure like:
scripts
models
MyModel.ts
services
MyService.ts
Then in MyService.ts, I would want the path attribute in the reference tag to allow auto-completion of ../models/MyModel.ts
/// <reference path="../models/MyModel.ts" />
I was hoping to be able to do this using the "auto_complete_triggers" setting in my user/preferences.sublime-settings file, but really have no idea how to do so.
This is a syntax (tmLanguage) issue
AutoFileName must recognize a string pattern inside the comment line for it to work.
I use ArcticTypescript and have just made a pull request to fix this tmLanguage issue. Edit: It is merged now.
If you use another package for syntax highlighting like better-typescript please open an issue to correct the syntax definition.
Open Preferences -> Package Settings -> AutoFileName -> Settings-Default and copy the entire contents to a new file (you can set the syntax to JSON if you prefer), then close the Default file (you never want to make changes to the default settings for any plugin, always use the User settings in case you mess something up and need to revert). Modify the "afn_valid_scopes" setting to include "ts", and you should be all set. Save the file as Packages/User/autofilename.sublime-settings where Packages is the folder opened when selecting Preferences -> Browse Packages....
If you used the following setting in your Sublime user preferences:
"auto_complete_triggers":
[
{
"characters": "/",
"selector": "string.quoted.double.html,string.quoted.single.html, source.css"
}
]
then add a comma , after source.css then add string source.ts and save.
I would like to edit my default settings in Sublime Text 3 (beta build 3059) to not ignore the Vintage package - via Preferences > Settings - Default. I am running Sublime Text on Windows 7 Pro x64.
The Vintage package's documentation says to edit and save the default settings file to enable Vintage mode:
When I click the Settings - Default menu item, the default Preferences.sublime-settings file opens with expected content; but I cannot edit it. For example, deleting or backspacing to remove "Vintage" in "ignored_packages": ["Vintage"] does nothing.
I thought maybe the default settings file was marked readonly and tried to check it: C:\Users\me\AppData\Roaming\Sublime Text 3\Packages\Default\Preferences.sublime-settings does not exist. C:\Users\me\AppData\Roaming\Sublime Text 3\Packages\Default does not exist either.
To work around this, I tried to save the default settings file that Sublime Text opened for me - to see if that would create the Default directory and Preferences.sublime-settings in it. Instead Sublime Text gave the following error:
Unable to save C:\Users\me\AppData\Roaming\Sublime Text 3\Packages\Default\Preferences.sublime-settings
Error: The system cannot find the path specified.
Has anyone encountered this issue with Sublime Text 3 (specifically in trying to enable Vintage mode or otherwise) and worked around it...or found an authoritative explanation for it?
I reason that next I could try to add the missing Default directory myself, create an empty Preferences.sublime-settings text file in it, and try again to save the default settings file that Sublime Text opened for me; but this is starting to feel kludgy.
You should not edit the default settings. Add the files you want to ignore to the file Packages/User/Preferences.sublime-settings. You can open this file by going to Preferences - >Settings - User. Anything you set here will override the default settings.
I understand that you want to Not ignore the Vintage rather.
This still can be done using the Preferences.sublime-setting-User. AFAIK, any value given in this file overwrites the entries in Preferences.sublime-setting-Default.
Simply add this line with the "Vintage" removed in it to your User preferences and you'll be fine. (Remember to save the file after you did the edit and the change will happen instantly)
Also, not that VI mode in sublime is on edit more by default so make sure you press Esc first to make sure VI is activated.
// Settings in here override those in "Default/Preferences.sublime-settings",
// and are overridden in turn by file type specific settings.
{
"ignored_packages": []
}
Update
The latest format is,
{
"ignored_packages":
[
// Line below is commented out to enable Vintage.
//"Vintage"
],
// To start Sublime in Command moder
// rather than Insert mode.
"vintage_start_in_command_mode": true
}
Install 'PackageResourceViewer' from 'Install Package' in the Command Palette.
Then use 'PackageResourceViewer' command in the Command Palette.
Use that to extract/open the default packages you previously were unable to.
More information here : https://github.com/skuroda/PackageResourceViewer
I use Sublime Text3 recently in Windows 10. I'm trying to change the file: Packages/User/Preferences.sublime-settings. And met your problem "Enable to sa ve Preferences.sublime-settings".
I solve this by changing file Preferences.sublime-settings's property, in Security, edit "user"'s permissions. Allowed to modify.
And then I can edit and save Preferences.sublime-settings
When I install Sublime Text in Linux, I report the message NOTADIRECTORYERROR: [ERRNO 20] NOT A DIRECTORY. At first I thought it was because the Defalut folder was missing, but later I realized it wasn't. I then checked the Settings of my SublimeREPL. Sublime-setings and deleted the contents after bin, and found that the program worked fine.
old: "default_extend_env": {"PATH": "{PATH}:/home/bgnv5/anaconda3/bin/python"},
new: "default_extend_env": {"PATH": "{PATH}:/home/bgnv5/anaconda3/bin/"},
Spent a lot of time to find problems, I hope to help you.
When I search multiple files via Command + Shift + F, the result is returned as something like a text file. This text file is editable, but changes made don't affect the original files.
Is it possible to do such that changes in "Find Results" propagates to the original source file?
The Find Results Apply Changes plugin was created to do just that.
You can install it through Package Control's "Install Package" option.
Before using this plugin, make sure that you have UTF-8 encoding enabled using the menu:
File > Save with Encoding > UTF-8
Once installed, you can apply any change you made to a "Find Results" buffer back to the files:
Search for "foo" in a folder (Sublime's default shortcut is CTRL+SHIFT+S)
This will open a "Find Results" buffer listing all the files with "foo" in it.
Change the instances of "foo" for "bar" or something else...
Go to the menu:
Find > Find Results - Apply Changes
This will write all the changes made back to the files and save the modified files automatically.
By default, using menus is the only way to make it work. However, it is quite tiresome and doesn't save as much time as it does with a keyboard shortcut. You can set your chosen keyboard shortcut by adding a new line in
Preferences > Key Bindings - User
by adding:
{ "keys": ["ctrl+r"], "command": "find_results_apply_changes" },
Don't use CTRL+S as it will overwrite saving file shortcut.
Warning!: According to the author of the plugin:
Uses regions to allow you do multiline changes, but when inserting new
newlines, will corrupt files if you commit more than once, this
because the new newlines will shift the line numbers. Will also
'corrupt' files if you add/remove newlines in other instances of the
modified files. eg in another tab. To prevent corruption this packages
will alert you and prevent most of these.
(This is a modified version of the description from the Find Results Apply Changes Github page.)
The shortest workaround I can think of would be to open the target file from search results by simply double clicking the path and then jumping to the according line using Ctrl+G on Windows or ⌃+G on Mac OS.
That's the way I do it and must say it is only a matter of seconds, even without the plugin.
Why when I save a file in Sublime Text 3 is the default save location the Sublime install directory and why is the default file type nothing?
I want to set the default save location to the Desktop and the default file type to .txt, how can I do this?
Here are my settings:
{
"font_size": 9,
"hot_exit": false,
"ignored_packages": ["Vintage"],
"remember_open_files": false
}
Without no line of code:
Preferences -> Settings -> paste this "default_dir": "your/favorite/path"
And you are done.
More here: https://sublime-text-unofficial-documentation.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reference/settings.html#file-and-directory-settings
Doesn't (currently) address the default extension issue, but you can also try AdvancedNewFile. Rather than creating an unnamed buffer, this plugin creates a named file. The default location is configurable, though there is no default extension.
Disclaimer: I'm the maintainer of the AdvancedNewFile plugin.
Edit
I've updated AdvancedNewFile to support default file extensions.
You can install the Default File Type plugin manually. It's a very simple plugin, and while the Package Control page says that it's for Sublime Text 2 only, I just installed it under OSX and it works fine. To install, navigate to %APPDATA%\Sublime Text 3\Packages and run
git clone https://github.com/spadgos/sublime-DefaultFileType.git DefaultFileType
Then, copy Packages\DefaultFileType\default_file_type.sublime-settings to Packages\User and change its contents to the following:
{
"default_new_file_syntax": "Packages/Text/Plain text.tmLanguage",
"use_current_file_syntax": false
}
Save the file, and now whenever you hit CtrlN to create a new file, it will be set to plain text. The plugin only works with the key combo, not via the File -> New File menu option.
As far as the save location goes, I have a theory, but I haven't been able to find documentation to back it up. At least on Win7 (for me), it seems like the default save location is the directory which contains the file that was open when you hit CtrlN or File -> New File to create the new file. For example, I had my Packages\User\Preferences.sublime-settings file open when I created a new file, and hitting CtrlS opened the Save dialog in Packages\User. I saved the file to the Desktop, hit CtrlN for a new file, entered something, then hit CtrlS and the Save dialog opened in the Desktop.
So, while there isn't a preferences setting for default save location, at least on Windows you can tweak it by always keeping a Desktop file open, then creating new files while that Desktop file is focused.
This should be a built-in option, honestly, but it seems fairly simple to automate yourself. Hit Tools -> New Plugin
Then paste this over the file that's created, hit save and call it "DefaultLanguage.py" or something:
import sublime, sublime_plugin
class EverythingIsPowerShell(sublime_plugin.EventListener):
def on_new(self, view):
view.set_syntax_file('Packages/PowerShell/Support/PowershellSyntax.tmLanguage')
Of course, you can change the language from PowerShell to ... whatever you prefer. You just need the relative path to the tmLanguage. You can get that by opening a file in your favorite language and then open the console (View->Show Console) and type:
view.settings().get('syntax')