Setting up Sublime2
According Wikipedia Sublime Text is a cross-platform text and source code editor, with a Python API. The chrome was inspired by Vim. Its functionality is also extendable with sublime-packages; Sublime Text is not open source software nor free software, but some of the extending packages have free-software licenses and are community-built and maintained.
Sublime Settings
For Moodle Development:
Preferences -> Settings (default or user)
Tab size and spaces:
"tab_size": 4,
// Set to true to insert spaces when tab is pressed "translate_tabs_to_spaces": true,
Sublime plugins for PHP and Moodle Development
For installing new plugins in Sublime2, the best way is to use the Sublime Package Control, see installation instructions
Trailing Spaces
A Sublime Text 2 and 3 plugin that allows you to highlight trailing spaces and delete them in a flash!
https://github.com/SublimeText/TrailingSpaces
Sublime PHP CS
PHP CodeSniffer, PHP Coding Standard Fixer, Linter, Mess Detector and Facebook Scheck Support for Sublime Text
I recommend to enable only the Linter and the PHP Coding Standard Fixer. Mess Detector and Scheck may help a lot but they not fit well with some Moodle coding rules.
The PHP Coding Standard Fixer check the code using the PEAR standard, for installing the Moodle standard you need to:
1 Install the Pear package for PHP CS, http://pear.php.net/package/PHP_CodeSniffer/redirected
2 Download the standard: phpcompatibility and moodle directories from https://github.com/moodlehq/moodle-local_codechecker
3 Copy the previous directories to the PHP CS standard path, in Mac with Macports is /opt/local/lib/php/PHP/CodeSniffer/Standards/
4 Edit the settings for the PHP CodeSniffer package, change this:
"phpcs_additional_args": {
"--standard": "moodle",
"-n": ""
},
You can put the previous directories in a different directory and change the --standard value to point to that directory
http://soulbroken.co.uk/code/sublimephpcs
DockBlockr
Simplifies writing DocBlock comments in Javascript, PHP, CoffeeScript, Actionscript, C & C++
Just type /** and tab ... It will preload the fool dock skel (tab between vars for quick editing)
https://github.com/spadgos/sublime-jsdocs
Sidebar Enhancements
Enhancements to Sublime Text sidebar. Files and folders.
https://github.com/titoBouzout/SideBarEnhancements
Bracket Highlighter
Bracket and tag highlighter for Sublime Text 2
https://github.com/facelessuser/BracketHighlighter
Sublime CodeIntel
Full-featured code intelligence and smart autocomplete engine
Avoid to index XML files (it will crash with Moodle)
