Setting up Sublime Text 3

On Windows, fetch and launch the installer from the web site.

On GNU/Linux, either install the additional repo channel and install the newly available package,

wget -qO - https://download.sublimetext.com/sublimehq-pub.gpg | apt-key add -
echo "deb https://download.sublimetext.com/ apt/stable/" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
apt update
apt install sublime-text

–or– grab the binary and install it manually

cd /opt/
tar xjf ...
cd /usr/local/bin
ln -s /opt/sublime_text_3/sublime_text

Plugins / Packages

show the console during configuration,

View > Show Console (^`)

install the Markdown package helper,

Ctrl+Shift+P
install Package Control

then install the following,

Ctrl+Shift+P
install Package

Markdown Extended
Material Theme

Settings

you can now choose the styling and tune your font of choice

Preferences -> Select Color Scheme -> Material Theme...
Preferences -> Theme -> Material Theme

Preferences -> Settings

"default_font_size": 12,
"font_size": 12,
"tab_size": 8,
"translate_tabs_to_spaces": false,

// key bindings TODO does not work
"keys": ["ctrl+0"], "command": "reset_font_size",

unused

//"font_face": "DejaVu Sans Mono",
//"theme": "Default.sublime-theme",
//"color_scheme": "Packages/Color Scheme - Default/Mariana.sublime-color-scheme",

Additional settings

just for the reference, even if I don’t use all those

"overlay_scroll_bars": "enabled",

"always_show_minimap_viewport": true,
"bold_folder_labels": true,
"color_scheme": "Packages/Material Theme/schemes/Material-Theme.tmTheme",
"font-face": "Fira Code",
"font_options":
[
    "gray_antialias",
    "subpixel_antialias"
],
"font_size": 10,
"ignored_packages":
[
    "Vintage"
],
"indent_guide_options":
[
    "draw_normal",
    "draw_active"
],
"line_padding_bottom": 3,
"line_padding_top": 3,
"material_theme_tree_headings": true,
"overlay_scroll_bars": "enabled",
"tab_size": 8,
"theme": "Default.sublime-theme"

References

Installation https://sublime-text-unofficial-documentation.readthedocs.io/en/latest/getting_started/install.html

pandoc plugin

A Sublime Text plugin that uses Pandoc to convert text from one markup format into another https://github.com/tbfisher/sublimetext-Pandoc

Convert Markdown to PDF in Sublime Text https://levlaz.org/convert-markdown-to-pdf-in-sublime-text/

printing

Simple print function for Sublime Text. Handles printing current file, selection, or clipboard https://github.com/svenax/SublimePrint

How do you print in Sublime Text 2 https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16004842/how-do-you-print-in-sublime-text-2

appearance

https://packagecontrol.io/packages/Material%20Theme

zoom control

Reset Zoom to Default via “Ctrl+0” https://forum.sublimetext.com/t/reset-zoom-to-default-via-ctrl-0/18319/2