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Philip Bessa
5,396 PointsHow do we open the app with Sublime on Windows?
When he does the command subl ., the command doesn't exist for me. I'm using Windows with the Cmder.bat thing, outlined in a previous course for windows users.
It wouldn't be a big problem, except that even if I do manually open Sublime and look for the "biller" folder app, there is none. So what gives? I'm unable to follow along. It's as if the rails app for hamblog and biller don't exist at all.
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Garrett Carver
14,681 PointsHi Phillip,
If you want to add any program to be called easily from the commandline, follow this guide. It shows you how to edit your system path so that it looks for your Sublime Text .exe files. You'll want to append to your system path, a semicolon + your sublime text directory path. (example: ';C:\Program Files\Sublime Text 3')
In the sublime text folder, there is a sublime_text.exe and subl.exe.
Once you've followed the steps, you should be able to type either of the following in CMD:
sublime_text file1.txt file2.txt
(opens sublime text with any files you call into it)
OR
subl file1.txt file2.txt
Some programs have both a commdline version, and a gui version, although I think they might be the same thing with Sublime text. Let me know if you have questions or are still confused.
Philip Bessa
5,396 PointsPhilip Bessa
5,396 PointsI can now open files with Sublime in my command prompt (hooray), but the setup given in this track still leaves me unable to open files created through the VM connection with Sublime.
Would this mean I have to not use the VM? It's a big unknown to me and I'm trying to avoid creating apps everywhere.
Garrett Carver
14,681 PointsGarrett Carver
14,681 PointsSorry I am not taking this track yet, so I am not sure which Virtual Machine you are referring to. I am guessing you mean the linux based one that you launch from the Treehouse website. If you want to edit the system path for a linux machine like you did on windows, they explain how to do it in this video at around 14:00. Hope that helps!