Sublime 4 Productivity Examples: Keymaps, Snippets, Macros

Examples assume Sublime text version 4

All sublime-text bindings here

Replace characters

Example: Add a new Key Binding to Make "--" expand to "—"

• Open Settings -> Key Bindings. This will open a file such as Default (Linux).sublime-keymap

• Add the following to that file:

  [
    { "keys": ["-", "-"], "command": "insert", "args": {"characters": "—"}}
  ]
  

Run snippet on selection

Example: Wrap selected text with "*" to make a markdown text bold when you hit ctrl+b

• Open Settings -> Key Bindings.

• Add the following to that file:

  [
    { "keys": ["ctrl+b"], "command": "insert_snippet", "args": {"contents": "**${0:$SELECTION}**"}}
  ]