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boywithaxe
Asked: 2012-06-24 11:05:05 +0800 CST

How to use Sublime Text 2 as Quickly default editor?

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I used this answer to change the editor used with quickly and it worked, however now,when I type quickly edit the command line stays on the open and does not allow me to enter other commands as long as Sublime Text 2 is open. I realise this is a daft question, but I can't seem to find a way to get around it.

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2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Set the EDITOR environment variable to sublime and then quickly edit will use it:

    export EDITOR=/usr/bin/subl

    Just add the above line to your ~/.bashrc file

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  2. It does this because gedit is programmed to do that when you run it from the command line. You can make quickly do that with other editors by using quickly edit &.

    Edit: I wrote a Perl script that will run the editor as a as a child of init so when you close the terminal the editor will remain open: script

    You can set the following vaiables at the top of the script:

    • command: the command to be run
    • stdout: The standard output to be passed to the command (must be set or it will still output to terminal)
    • stderr: The standard output to be passed to the command (must be set or it will still output to terminal)
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