OT: What are some tips (or plugins) to be more productive on ST3?
One plugin I'd recommend for anyone is All Autocomplete. It extends Sublime's autocomplete detection to match across any open file, and not only the current file.
Also Ctrl+Shift+P searches through all of Sublime's and your plugins available actions. Ctrl+P allows you to switch files without your mouse.
MIN_WORD_SIZE = 3
MAX_WORD_SIZE = 50
MAX_VIEWS = 20
MAX_WORDS_PER_VIEW = 100
MAX_FIX_TIME_SECS_PER_VIEW = 0.01* git: git commands in ST.
* gitgutter: diffs in the margin (+,-, modified)
* github: direct access to the remote github directory (issues, pull requests, etc.)
There's also a ton of language specific packages (lint, color scheme, etc.)
My main productivity tip would be to use the "ctrl + p" search command a lot. It matches searches very nicely (partial matching). One can look for files in the project, specific line in the active file (if you start with ":"), specific methods (if you start the search with "@"). ST3 also has a symbol lookup command which is really powerful ("ctrl + shift +r").
Most of the productivity gains I get from Sublime are from packages like Emmet, DocBlockr and my own custom macros.
On OS X CTRL + SHIFT + UP/DOWN will create a new cursor on the next line up or down. And you can CMD + LMB-click to insert a new cursor anywhere.
I cannot count how much time this feature saves me.
Aside from being able to simultaneously write in multiple places, you can copy-paste across multiple cursors; highlight 5 variables, copy, create 5 new lines with cursors, paste. Each line will have one of your copied variables. Try using Find with regex and alt+enter to select all matches with separate cursors.
Many plugins also support or add onto this feature. I love TextPastry to easily insert number ranges and patterns across multiple cursors.
CMD+SHIFT+D is handy, too; it duplicates your current line.
Joking aside, depends on the language somewhat but this helped me get started:
https://realpython.com/blog/python/setting-up-sublime-text-3...