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{{short description|Text editor}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{primary sources|date=February 2012}}
{{Infobox software
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| license = [[Shareware]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sublimetext.com/eula |title=Sublime Text EULA |publisher=Sublime HQ Pty Ltd}}</ref>
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'''Sublime Text''' is a [[shareware]] [[cross-platform]] [[source code editor]]. It natively supports many [[programming languages]] and [[markup languages]]. Users can expand its functionality with [[plug-in (computing)|plugins]], typically community-built and maintained under [[Free software licenses|free-software licenses]]. To facilitate plugins, Sublime Text features a [[Python (programming language)|Python]] [[API]].

==Features==
The following is a list of features of Sublime Text:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sublimetext.com/ |title=Sublime Text |publisher=Sublime HQ Pty Ltd |access-date=14 March 2014}}</ref>
* "Goto Anything", quick navigation to project files, symbols, or lines<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thewebdesignbay.com/development/sublime-text-2-review/ |title=Features |publisher=thewebdesignbay.com |access-date=13 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108184059/http://www.thewebdesignbay.com/development/sublime-text-2-review |archive-date=8 November 2012 }}</ref>
* "Command palette" uses adaptive matching for quick keyboard invocation of arbitrary commands
* [[Simultaneous editing]]: simultaneously make the same interactive changes to multiple selected areas
* Python-based plugin API
* Project-specific preferences
* Extensive customizability via JSON settings files, including project-specific and platform-specific settings
* Cross-platform (Windows, [[macOS]], and Linux) and Supportive Plugins for cross-platform
* Compatible with many language grammars from [[TextMate]]

==Version history==

===Version 1===
Sublime Text 1.0 was released on 18 January 2008 as an application for the Windows operating system.<ref name="1.0!">{{cite web | url = https://www.sublimetext.com/blog/articles/one-point-oh | title=Sublime Blog}}</ref> It supports tabs and side-by-side view of files.

===Version 2===
Sublime Text 2.0.2 was released on 8 July 2013. Changes from the first version of the software, as promoted on the official Sublime blog, include [[Retina display]] support and "Quick Skip Next" functionality.<ref name="2.0 Release">{{cite web |url= https://www.sublimetext.com/blog/articles/sublime-text-2-0-released |title=Sublime Blog |access-date=11 April 2015}}</ref>

====Themes====
[[File:Sublime-text-2-screenshot.png|thumb|The interface of Sublime Text 2]]
* Sublime Text contains 23 visual themes, with the option to download and configure additional themes via third-party plugins.
* The minimap feature shows a reduced overview of the entire file in the top-right corner of the screen. The portion of the file visible in the main editor pane is highlighted and clicking or dragging in this view scrolls the editor through the file.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://1stwebdesigner.com/best-wysiwyg-html-editor/#sublime |title=Interface|publisher=1stwebdesigner |access-date=13 November 2012}}</ref>

==== Panels, groups and screen modes ====
* Screen modes include: showing up to four files at once in panels, a full-screen and distraction-free mode to show one file without interface menus around it.

====Column selection and multi-select editing====
With this feature a user can select entire text columns at once or place more than one cursor in the text. This allows [[simultaneous editing]]. The cursors behave as if each of them was the only one in the text, moving independently in the same manner. Including to move by one character, by line, by words, and by subwords ([[Camel Case|CamelCase]], hyphen or underscore delimited), and move to beginning/end of line. This allows editing complex repetitive structures without the use [[Macro (computer science)|macros]] or [[regular expression]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/sublime-text-2-crossplatform-code-editing/ |title=Features|publisher=makeuseof.com |access-date=13 November 2012}}</ref>

==== Auto-completion ====
Sublime Text suggests completing entries as the user is typing, informed by the programing language of the current file. It also auto-completes variable names assigned to within the same code base.

==== Syntax highlight and high-contrast display ====
The dark background on Sublime Text is intended to reduce eyestrain and improve readability of text by increasing the amount of contrast with the text.{{citation needed|date=April 2015}}

==== In-editor code building ====
Users can run code for certain languages from within the editor, reducing the need to switch to a command-line prompt. This function can also be set to build the code automatically every time the file is saved.{{clarify|date=January 2015}}

==== Snippets ====
This feature allows users to save blocks of frequently used code and assign keywords to them. The user can then type the keyword and press {{key|tab}} to paste the block of code whenever they require it.

==== Other features ====
Sublime Text has a number of features in addition to these, including:<ref name="Features">{{cite web |url= https://1stwebdesigner.com/best-wysiwyg-html-editor/#sublime |title=Features |publisher=1stwebdesigner |access-date=13 November 2012}}</ref>
* Auto-save, which attempts to prevent users from losing their work
* Customizable [[keyboard shortcut|key assignments]], a navigational tool which allows users to assign hotkeys to their choice of options in both the menus and the toolbar
* Find as you type, begins to look for the text being entered as the user types without requiring a separate [[dialog box]]
* Spell-check function corrects as you type
* Macros
* Repeat the last action
* A wide selection of editing commands, including indenting and unindenting, paragraph reformatting and line joining

===Version 3===

[[File:A Hello World Program in PHP on Sublime Text 3.png|thumb|right|PHP Hello World on Sublime Text 3]]

Version 3 entered beta on 29 January 2013. At first available only for registered users who had purchased Sublime Text 2, on 28 June 2013 it became available to the general public. However, the very latest development builds still required a registration code.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sublimetext.com/3dev | title=Sublime Text 3 Dev Builds | access-date=9 September 2013}}</ref> Sublime Text 3 was officially released on 13 September 2017.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Skinner|first1=Jon|title=Sublime Text 3.0|url=https://www.sublimetext.com/blog/articles/sublime-text-3-point-0|access-date=13 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Razvan|first=Serea|date=13 September 2017|title=Sublime Text 3 released for download|url=https://www.neowin.net/news/sublime-text-3-released-for-download/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-30|website=Neowin|language=en}}</ref> In May 2018 it was followed by version 3.1<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.sublimetext.com/blog/articles/sublime-text-3-point-1 |publisher=Sublime HQ Pty Ltd |title=Sublime Text 3.1 Released |date=7 May 2018 }}</ref> and by version 3.2 in March 2019.<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.sublimetext.com/blog/articles/sublime-text-3-point-2 |publisher=Sublime HQ Pty Ltd |title=Sublime Text 3.2 |date=13 March 2019 }}</ref>

Two of the main features that Sublime Text 3 adds include symbol indexing and pane management. Symbol Indexing allows Sublime Text to scan files and build an index to facilitate the features ''Goto Definition'' and ''Goto Symbol in Project''. Pane Management allows users to move between panes via hotkeys.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sublime Text 3 Beta|url=https://www.sublimetext.com/blog/articles/sublime-text-3-beta|work=Sublime Blog|access-date=11 January 2014}}</ref>

===Version 4===

Version 4 was released on 20 May 2021.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sublime Text 4|url=https://www.sublimetext.com/download|work=Sublime Changelog|access-date=20 May 2021}}</ref>
Major new features included a project-wide context-sensitive auto completion, tab multi-select and support for darkmode. The new version introduced hardware accelerated rendering using OpenGL for large display resolutions and native Apple M1 and ARM64 support. It also shipped internal performance optimizations and updates such as a new Python 3.8 plugin host and extended APIs for extended plugin development.

==Package manager==
Package Control is an open source<ref>{{cite web |url=https://packagecontrol.io/docs/code#License|title=License}}</ref> third-party package manager for Sublime Text which allows the user to find, install, upgrade and remove [[plug-in (computing)|plug-ins]], usually without restarting Sublime Text. The package manager keeps installed packages up-to-date with an auto-upgrade feature and downloads packages from [[GitHub]], [[Bitbucket|BitBucket]] and a custom JSON-encoded channel/repository system. It also handles updating packages cloned from GitHub and BitBucket via [[Git (software)|Git]] and [[Mercurial (software)|Hg]], as well as providing commands for enabling and disabling packages. The package manager also includes a command to bundle any package directory into a .sublime-package file.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sublime.wbond.net|title=Package Control|publisher=wbond.net |access-date=9 September 2013}}</ref>

Notable third-party packages include:

* LSP - Support for the [[Language Server Protocol]]
* Bracket Highlighter – Enhances the basic highlights Sublime Text provides for bracket pairs
* SublimeLinter – Code [[Lint (software)|linting]] (validation) for JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, and others
* Sidebar Enhancements – Enhancements to the Sublime Text sidebar with new options for deleting, opening, moving, creating, editing, and finding files
* WordPress – Adds autocompletion and Snippets for the [[blog]]ging platform [[WordPress]]

==Sublime Merge==
{{Infobox software
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In 2018, Sublime HQ released Sublime Merge, a [[Git GUI]] and [[Merge (revision control)|merging]] tool.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Booker |first=Logan |url=https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2018/09/sublime-merge-is-a-slick-git-front-end-from-the-makers-of-sublime-text/ |title=Sublime Merge Is A Slick Git Front-End From The Makers of Sublime Text |date=22 September 2018 |publisher=[[Lifehacker]] |location=Australia |access-date=26 January 2020}}</ref> When installed along with Sublime Text it uses its syntax highlighting packages and they have integrations to interact with each other. Technically Sublime Merge and Text share large parts of the codebase and UI concepts.

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==See also==
* [[List of text editors]]
* [[Comparison of text editors]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite book|last1=Peleg|first1=Dan|title=Mastering Sublime Text|date=2013|publisher=Packt Publishing|location=Birmingham, UK|isbn=978-1-84969-842-9|url=https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/mastering-sublime-text}}
* {{cite book|last1=Bos|first1=Wes|title=Sublime Text Power User: A Complete Guide|date=2014|url=https://sublimetextbook.com}}

==External links==
* {{Official website}}

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