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Posted by Dovid Rosenberg
Dovid Rosenberg
4,461 Points

text editors like sublime 2

i was using sublime 2 for a while,and then it stopped working. the auto-complete stopped, and the menu keeps getting hidden. is there a way to fix these issues? or can you recommend a different text editor like sublime.

4 Answers

ryanloerzel
ryanloerzel
12,671 Points
ryanloerzel
ryanloerzel
12,671 Points

I would recommend Notepad++. After you install the program you need to go to

Settings->Preferences->Backup/Auto-Completion

to turn the auto-complete features on.

Steve Parkinson
Steve Parkinson
2,588 Points
Steve Parkinson
Steve Parkinson
2,588 Points

I'd also recommend Notepad++ as potential alternative.

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points
James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

I really like notepad++ however it is Windows only

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points
James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

It should be noted that Sublime Text is great software and software doesn't have moving parts, it doesn't just stop working you have to do something that caused that change. We are going to need a lot more details to help you figure out what that something was.

Dovid Rosenberg
Dovid Rosenberg
4,461 Points

well, does it make sense that the temporary license was finished?

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

Except that Sublime Text doesn't have a time-limited trial license.

Dovid Rosenberg
Dovid Rosenberg
4,461 Points

is there a way to reset all the settings in sublime text

Scott Lougheed
Scott Lougheed
19,390 Points

You could delete the folder called "Settings" located in ~/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text 2

That should probably get you started off fresh.

More dramatically, delete the Sublime Text 2 application from the Applications folder AND the entire Sublime Text 2 folder from ~/Library/Application Support