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Peter Haymond
2,687 PointsHow do you set up these features in Sublime Text 2 or Textmate?
"A text editor needs a few key features to be a good fit for programming
syntax highlighting for the language you are working on, for web design that's html, css & javascript auto indent indentation tracking (for nested elements in html) line numbers"
I noticed that these features were being used in the video but I can't figure out how to get all of them to work. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Peter
4 Answers
Matt West
14,545 PointsHi Peter!
Syntax highlighting should 'just work'. Sublime Text uses the file extension to guess the language of your code. If it doesn't you can set it manually using the menu in the bottom right corner of the editor window.
Auto-Indentation should 'just work' too. The settings for this are in a menu to the left of the language selector.
Matt
Peter Haymond
2,687 PointsThanks Matt that was really helpful!
Auto-Indentation isn't set by default in Sublime Text 2 unless I'm mistaken. Here is a screen shot: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzXT6nStDBmWQVRLVzBRQTJ3YlE/edit?usp=sharing
Which setting should I do for auto-indentation?
Peter
Peter Haymond
2,687 PointsAh I figured it out it's Indent using spaces!
I think that before users begin coding, an optional notification or video should come up suggesting which text editor TreeHouse used in the video and how to set up the settings. I'm sure this is done somewhere but it wasn't as intuitive as the rest of the content.
Cheers,
Peter
James Barnett
39,199 Points@Peter - Treehouse mentions they are using Sublime Text 2 at the beginning of most learning adventures. If you start on a course that's in the middle of a learning adventure they assume that the text editor they are using is old news.
If you don't Sublime Text 2, you can try out Text Wrangler or Text Mate and see which one you like better,