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kramer65
kramer65

Reputation: 53873

Where is my Sublime Preferences file?

I'm using the excellent Sublime Text 3 editor on my Mac for which I want to turn off word wrap. So I went to Preferences > Settings - Default, which opens up a settings file. Unfortunately I am unable to edit the file, so I wanted to lookup the file on the command line. I hovered over the file in Sublime, which shows me the location of the file:

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I then tried to go to that folder, but to my surprise there is no Default folder in the ~/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text 3/Packages/ folder:

 $ ls -la ~/Library/Application\ Support/Sublime\ Text\ 3/Packages/
total 280
drwx------   7 kramer65  staff     238 17 okt 13:48 .
drwx------   8 kramer65  staff     272  8 okt 16:23 ..
-rw-r--r--@  1 kramer65  staff    6148  8 okt 16:25 .DS_Store
drwxr-xr-x@ 18 kramer65  staff     612 14 jul 01:49 Jedi - Python autocompletion
-rw-r--r--@  1 kramer65  staff  132375 17 okt 13:45 Package Control.sublime-package
drwxr-xr-x  24 kramer65  staff     816 17 okt 13:48 SublimeCodeIntel
drwx------   7 kramer65  staff     238 17 okt 13:48 User

and here I'm stuck. How can it be that I am looking at a file, which doesn't seem to exist?

Does anybody know what I'm doing wrong here? How can I find this file to disable the wordwrapping? All tips are welcome!

Upvotes: 27

Views: 21740

Answers (3)

not2qubit
not2qubit

Reputation: 16930

The correct answer is: it depends on:

  1. What OS you are using. (MacOS, Win, Cygwin, Linux)

  2. How you installed it. (By default installer or as a stand-alone.)

Here's the default (installer) list:

MacOS:   ~/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text 3/Packages/User/Preferences.sublime-settings
Linux:   ~/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text 3/Packages/User/Preferences.sublime-settings
Windows: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Sublime Text 3\Packages\User\Preferences.sublime-settings

For a stand-alone installation, it will be in:
<install path>/Data/Packages/User/Preferences.sublime-settings.

The settings files are consulted in this order:

    Packages/Default/Preferences.sublime-settings
    Packages/Default/Preferences (<platform>).sublime-settings
    Packages/User/Preferences.sublime-settings
    <Project Settings>
    Packages/<syntax>/<syntax>.sublime-settings
    Packages/User/<syntax>.sublime-settings
    <Buffer Specific Settings>

So generally you should place your settings in:
.../Packages/User/Preferences.sublime-settings.

PS. Yes, I know OP asked for MacOS, but everyone else will also end up on this page.

Upvotes: 9

Jaime Agudo
Jaime Agudo

Reputation: 8296

The file you were looking for is actually very close

~/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text 3/Packages/User/Preferences.sublime-settings

that's indeed the file shown through the menu. I agree its location isn't as intuitive as it could be.

Upvotes: 26

Bohuslav Burghardt
Bohuslav Burghardt

Reputation: 34776

You must open Settings - User instead of Settings - Default. Settings - Default contains default settings and it should not be editable.

So just go to Preferences/Settings - User and add following content to disable word wrap:

{
    "word_wrap": false
}

Upvotes: 4

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