Sublime Text Changelog

What's new in Sublime Text 4 Build 4173 Dev

Feb 27, 2024

Fixed another deadlock issue when reloading plugins
Improved accuracy of scope selectors
Improved clarity of dragged tabs in mixed-dpi setups
Fixed dragged tabs not following mouse in mixed-dpi setups
Fixed syntax tests not running when files aren't utf-8 encoded

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4172 Dev (Feb 22, 2024)

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4171 Dev (Feb 21, 2024)

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4170 Dev (Feb 20, 2024)

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4169 (Nov 24, 2023)

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4168 Dev (Nov 22, 2023)

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4167 Dev (Nov 22, 2023)

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4166 (Nov 20, 2023)

Various syntax highlighting improvements
Index collation is now done incrementally
Fixed an issue where animations were causing excessive redraws
Find in files now truncates long lines according to the "find_in_files_context_characters" setting
Fixed auto-complete not suggesting tokens from the current line
Added Mouse Bindings to the Preferences menu
Added Preferences > Font > Choose… for an easy way to select a font
Added Copy Path to Sidebar context menu
Fixed minimap border not rendering
Fixed color emoji blending with transparency
Fixed line-number alignment when using a variable-width font
Fixed double clicking a find in file result sometimes scrolling to the wrong line in the file
Fixed case where opening a file from Sublime Merge wouldn't jump to the right line
Improved bookmark toggling
Improved performance of "Definitions" popup
Improved Join Lines behavior
Improved behavior of Indent command on empty lines
Added "ruler_width" setting
Added current_result command
Fixed case conversions not taking all-caps into account
Fixed an auto-indent issue
Fixed an issue with find_under_expand when the find panel is focused
Fixed disabling "highlight_gutter" resulting in "highlight_line" begin disabled
Fixed some incorrect behavior when converting a multi-line selection to Title Case
Fixed a memory corruption bug related to block carets
Fixed Quick Switch Project… from the settings window closing the window
Fixed "move_to_limit_on_up_down" setting not working
Shift+Enter now also hides the incremental find panel
Fixed macro recording in Vintage package not working
Updated to OpenSSL 1.1.1v
Fixed run_syntax_tests command not running symbol tests
API: Added sublime.choose_font_dialog
API: Allow case insensitive comments using TM_COMMENT_CASE_INSENSITIVE
API: Fixed instability related to overlapping API calls
API: Fixed crash when an edit token is passed to the wrong view
API: Fixed some issues related to plugin initialization
API: ListInputHandler now supports initial_selection
API: Fixed ListInputHandler not selecting the first result when initial_text is provided
API: Added update_text option to sublime.encode_value
API: Fixed expand_to_paragraph in paragraph.py incorrectly unpacking tuple
Linux: Improved tracking of fullscreen state
Linux: Fixed some memory leaks related to fonts
Linux: Fixed "ui_scale" setting not being applied to fonts correctly in some cases
Windows: Added CRLF handling for text drag an drop
Windows: Fixed wrong font extents causing glyphs to be cut off at the top
Windows: Fixed caret movement across phantoms when using fractional scaling
Mac: Improved animation frame timing
Mac: Implemented window cascading
Mac: Recent files are now cleared when "update_system_recent_files" is disabled
Mac: Fixed Copy as HTML not working
Mac: Fixed subl not always finding the correct application bundle
Mac: Fixed "regex_auto_escape" not working

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4165 Dev (Nov 15, 2023)

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4162 Dev (Nov 8, 2023)

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4161 Dev (Nov 8, 2023)

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4160 Dev (Oct 21, 2023)

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4159 Dev (Oct 20, 2023)

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4158 Dev (Oct 19, 2023)

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4157 Dev (Oct 19, 2023)

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4156 Dev (Sep 18, 2023)

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4155 Dev (Aug 24, 2023)

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4153 Dev (Aug 8, 2023)

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4152 (Aug 2, 2023)

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4151 (Aug 2, 2023)

Various syntax highlighting improvements
Added "fold_style" setting for controlling syntax-based code folding
Last tab in a group can now be selected with alt+9 (Windows/Linux) and cmd+9 (Mac)
Split View retains the original view's viewport position
Added WebP support
Improved minimap viewport contrast with large amounts of visible text
The window title now indicates whether Sublime Text is running with administrator privileges
Improved indentation detection for files with many single space indents
Improved caret positioning when using text wrapping
Fixed files in side-bar not properly reflecting their git status
Find in Files: Tab multi-select modifier keys are now supported
Find in Files: Fixed search results not being ordered
Find in Files: Paths can now be quoted
Find in Files: Added "find_in_files_suppress_errors" settings
Find in Files: Added "find_in_files_context_lines" settings
Find in Files: Added "find_in_files_side_by_side" setting
Find in Files: Ongoing searches are no longer canceled on renamed buffer
Find in Files: Fixed ./ not working in the "Where" field
Find: Added "regex_auto_escape" setting
Find: Fixed find settings confusion when run immediately after find_under_expand
Find: Fixed find in selection skipping empty selections
Fixed word wrap being too early in some cases
Fixed scrolling by page not always including a full line of context
Fixed first character beyond ASCII range not being decoded/encoded for short code pages
Improved performance when drag selecting columns
Fixed annotations displaying incorrectly when "ui_scale" is set to something other than 1
Fixed recent file list not being updated when quitting with hot exit disabled
Fixed high memory usage edge case in minihtml parsing
Fixed case where open file/folder dialogs didn't respect "default_dir" setting
Reopen Closed File now uses the window's file history by default rather than global history
Fixed tabs of deleted files incorrectly showing as modified in some cases
Fixed "draw_centered" setting causing incorrect gutter rendering in some cases
Fixed extra commands being included for macros in some situations
Fixed goto-symbol not showing inside empty groups
Fixed column number in the status bar not updating upon changing tab width
Fixed issue where the command palette could consume key presses while not having input focus
Syntax Highlighting: Improved scope selector performance
Syntax Highlighting: Fixed syntax-based folding not working correctly with some indented code
Syntax Highlighting: Fixed syntax definition negative symbol tests
Syntax Highlighting: Fixed edge case that could break syntax highlighting
Syntax Highlighting: Fixed backtracking bug where tokens were being dropped
Syntax Highlighting: Fixed some hangs caused by syntax backtracking
Syntax Highlighting: Fixed a syntax highlighting performance issue due to backtracking
Syntax Highlighting: Fixed a crash when a lazy loaded syntax doesn't exist
API: Updated to Python 3.8.12 and OpenSSL 1.1.1s
API: The Python 3.3 plugin environment now uses the same OpenSSL as 3.8
API: Added support for the "context" key in mousemaps
API: Fixed inconsistent focus after Window.open_file()
API: The open_file command now supports "transient", "force_group", "clear_to_right" and "force_clone" arguments
API: Added Window.num_views_in_group()
API: Added sublime.project_history()
API: Added sublime.folder_history()
Windows: Added alt+shift+p as default keybinding for Quick Switch Project
Windows: Fixed a packaging error with the installers
Windows: Fixed tooltips sometimes not being removed
Windows: Fixed select folder dialog not respecting the initial directory
Windows: Fixed lockup that could occur when menus and popups interfere
Linux: Files for printing are saved in ~/Downloads if possible to work around snap/flatpak limitations
Linux: User config and cache paths are now created at startup if not present
Linux: Fixed incorrect mouse behavior at window edges
Linux, Mac: Attempt to find the license key for the user when using sudo
Mac: Better support for running as root
Mac: Fixed extra window being created when ST is launched by opening a file from finder
Mac: System setting "click in the scroll bar to" is now respected
Mac: Added workaround for Monterey bug causing scrolling to misbehave
Mac: Added security entitlements allowing plugins & build systems to request the camera and microphone

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4150 Dev (May 11, 2023)

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4149 Dev (May 4, 2023)

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4148 Dev (Mar 14, 2023)

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4147 Dev (Dec 22, 2022)

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4146 Dev (Dec 15, 2022)

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4145 Dev (Dec 14, 2022)

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4143 (Nov 11, 2022)

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4142 (Nov 11, 2022)

Added syntax-based code folding
Various syntax highlighting improvements
Newly rewritten Haskell syntax highlighting thanks to deathaxe
The recent file list is now global instead of per window
Files opened in Sublime Text are now added to the system recent file list (See the "update_system_recent_files" setting)
Added commands for converting between common identifier cases (See Edit > Convert Case)
Added "hot_exit_projects" setting to control what data gets saved in workspace files
Added "minimap_horizontal_scrolling" setting
Added "open_tabs_after_current" setting for controlling where tabs are opened
Added "show_spelling_errors" and "show_line_column" settings
Added "goto_anything_exclude_gitignore" setting
Added "ruler_style" setting
Reworked comment toggling to better handle embedded languages
Sub-word separators are now configurable using the "sub_word_separators" setting
Added support for Nordic (Windows 865) encoding
Reopening a file now asks for confirmation when there are unsaved changes
Improved filesystem symbolic link detection
Improved performance while open folders are scanned for the side-bar
Improved regex performance for syntax highlighting
Find: Patterns taken from an open file are now escaped for regex searches
Find in Files: Improved binary file detection for find-in-files
Find in Files: Find-in-files now supports project-relative patterns starting with //
Find in Files: Added the "find_in_files_max_file_size" setting
Syntax Highlighting: Context backtraces now link to their origin in sublime-syntax files
Syntax Highlighting: Fixed crash caused by starting a branch point at the end of a line
Syntax Highlighting: Fixed various syntax highlighting bugs related to backtracking
Rendering: Improved performance with large folded regions
Rendering: Fixed OpenGL issue related to the wrong context being active
Rendering: Fixed shadow related OpenGL rendering bug
Rendering: Fixed region rendering edge case
Rendering: Improved performance in files with large diffs
Rendering: Fixed various issues with faded labels in the sidebar
Rendering: Fixed text annotation underlines not drawing when combined with other font styles
Sort Lines no longer includes the newline at EOF when nothing is selected
Fixed very large unsaved files being lost on hot exit; a prompt is now shown to save them
Fixed extraneous window getting created at startup with hot exit disabled
Fixed case where multiple reload prompts could show simultaneously
Drag operations are no longer interrupted when reloading a file
Fixed case where text in command palette was incorrectly colored
Fixed side bar button theming issue in the Default theme
Fixed sometimes not being able to type a space after completing a snippet
Fixed wrong default extension being used in open file dialog
Fixed centered views jumping in some cases when whole content is replaced
Fixed scroll jumping when folding
Fixed Reveal in Side Bar not working in some cases
Fixed scroll bar sometimes showing when text is wrapped
Fixed sheets not being added to the current selection in some cases
Added missing theming attributes to update dialog
Linux: System scroll bar overlay settings are now followed
Linux: Fixed various issues caused by the C locale
Linux: Added safeguard around nested GTK main loops possibly causing data loss
Linux: Fixed case where dragging a tab to a window wasn't working
Linux: Fixed crash on startup for some desktop environments
Linux: Fixed not being able to grab the scrollbar in a maximized window when at the right edge of the screen
Windows: Adjusted for the new Windows 11 window border
Windows: Open Containing Folder and similar now respect file explorer replacements
Windows: Fixed GDI font glow glyph positioning
Mac: Fixed license being removed due to network MAC address changing
Mac: Fixed cursor getting stuck as a resize handle on Ventura
Mac: Recent files are now available without having a window open
Mac: Fixed various issues with the quick switch project dialog
Mac: Fixed issue where dialogs could be triggered during dialogs
Mac: Fixed case when opening an already open file would jump to the start
Mac: Added work around for broken modal loops
Mac: Fixed case where settings window couldn't be closed
Mac: Fixed open file dialog crash with some syntaxes
Mac: Fixed scrolling when command modifier key is pressed
Mac: Fixed Window/New Tab not working with the Adaptive theme
API: Added buffer variable to the console
API: A noop command can now be used for keybindings to block default behavior
API: "encoded_position": true may be passed to open_file command for the same behavior as sublime.ENCODED_POSITION
API: View.context_backtrace can be used to get a stack trace from syntax highlighting
API: View.expand_to_scope now returns None when the text point doesn't match the selector
API: Added View.expand_to_scope
API: Added Window.promote_sheet
API: Fixed crash when running hide_panel command from EventListener.on_deactivated
API: The toggle_comment command can now take a variant argument for languages with multiple comment variants

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4142 Dev (Nov 10, 2022)

Added syntax-based code folding
Various syntax highlighting improvements
Newly rewritten Haskell syntax highlighting thanks to deathaxe
The recent file list is now global instead of per window
Files opened in Sublime Text are now added to the system recent file list (See the "update_system_recent_files" setting)
Added commands for converting between common identifier cases (See Edit > Convert Case)
Added "hot_exit_projects" setting to control what data gets saved in workspace files
Added "minimap_horizontal_scrolling" setting
Added "open_tabs_after_current" setting for controlling where tabs are opened
Added "show_spelling_errors" and "show_line_column" settings
Added "goto_anything_exclude_gitignore" setting
Added "ruler_style" setting
Reworked comment toggling to better handle embedded languages
Sub-word separators are now configurable using the "sub_word_separators" setting
Added support for Nordic (Windows 865) encoding
Reopening a file now asks for confirmation when there are unsaved changes
Improved filesystem symbolic link detection
Improved performance while open folders are scanned for the side-bar
Improved regex performance for syntax highlighting
Find: Patterns taken from an open file are now escaped for regex searches
Find in Files: Improved binary file detection for find-in-files
Find in Files: Find-in-files now supports project-relative patterns starting with //
Find in Files: Added the "find_in_files_max_file_size" setting
Syntax Highlighting: Context backtraces now link to their origin in sublime-syntax files
Syntax Highlighting: Fixed crash caused by starting a branch point at the end of a line
Syntax Highlighting: Fixed various syntax highlighting bugs related to backtracking
Rendering: Improved performance with large folded regions
Rendering: Fixed OpenGL issue related to the wrong context being active
Rendering: Fixed shadow related OpenGL rendering bug
Rendering: Fixed region rendering edge case
Rendering: Improved performance in files with large diffs
Rendering: Fixed various issues with faded labels in the sidebar
Rendering: Fixed text annotation underlines not drawing when combined with other font styles
Sort Lines no longer includes the newline at EOF when nothing is selected
Fixed very large unsaved files being lost on hot exit; a prompt is now shown to save them
Fixed extraneous window getting created at startup with hot exit disabled
Fixed case where multiple reload prompts could show simultaneously
Drag operations are no longer interrupted when reloading a file
Fixed case where text in command palette was incorrectly colored
Fixed side bar button theming issue in the Default theme
Fixed sometimes not being able to type a space after completing a snippet
Fixed wrong default extension being used in open file dialog
Fixed centered views jumping in some cases when whole content is replaced
Fixed scroll jumping when folding
Fixed Reveal in Side Bar not working in some cases
Fixed scroll bar sometimes showing when text is wrapped
Fixed sheets not being added to the current selection in some cases
Added missing theming attributes to update dialog
Linux: System scroll bar overlay settings are now followed
Linux: Fixed various issues caused by the C locale
Linux: Added safeguard around nested GTK main loops possibly causing data loss
Linux: Fixed case where dragging a tab to a window wasn't working
Linux: Fixed crash on startup for some desktop environments
Linux: Fixed not being able to grab the scrollbar in a maximized window when at the right edge of the screen
Windows: Adjusted for the new Windows 11 window border
Windows: Open Containing Folder and similar now respect file explorer replacements
Windows: Fixed GDI font glow glyph positioning
Mac: Fixed license being removed due to network MAC address changing
Mac: Fixed cursor getting stuck as a resize handle on Ventura
Mac: Recent files are now available without having a window open
Mac: Fixed various issues with the quick switch project dialog
Mac: Fixed issue where dialogs could be triggered during dialogs
Mac: Fixed case when opening an already open file would jump to the start
Mac: Added work around for broken modal loops
Mac: Fixed case where settings window couldn't be closed
Mac: Fixed open file dialog crash with some syntaxes
Mac: Fixed scrolling when command modifier key is pressed
Mac: Fixed Window/New Tab not working with the Adaptive theme
API: Added buffer variable to the console
API: A noop command can now be used for keybindings to block default behavior
API: "encoded_position": true may be passed to open_file command for the same behavior as sublime.ENCODED_POSITION
API: View.context_backtrace can be used to get a stack trace from syntax highlighting
API: View.expand_to_scope now returns None when the text point doesn't match the selector
API: Added View.expand_to_scope
API: Added Window.promote_sheet
API: Fixed crash when running hide_panel command from EventListener.on_deactivated
API: The toggle_comment command can now take a variant argument for languages with multiple comment variants

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4141 Dev (Nov 6, 2022)

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4140 Dev (Nov 1, 2022)

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4139 Dev (Oct 28, 2022)

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4138 Dev (Oct 17, 2022)

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4137 Dev (Sep 23, 2022)

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4136 Dev (Sep 15, 2022)

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4135 Dev (Sep 15, 2022)

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4134 Dev (May 28, 2022)

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4133 Dev (May 27, 2022)

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4132 Dev (May 27, 2022)

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4131 Dev (Mar 25, 2022)

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4130 Dev (Mar 23, 2022)

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4129 Dev (Feb 24, 2022)

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4128 Dev (Feb 22, 2022)

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4127 Dev (Feb 11, 2022)

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4126 (Dec 21, 2021)

Improved OpenGL rendering performance by automatically batching together controls
Added support for Chinese standard GB18030 file encoding
Added support for CP862 file encoding
Resolved various issues tracking symlinks in the side-bar
Avoid session data corruption if a crash happens while saving the session
subl -n will reuse an existing empty window if the application isn't running
Binary files now show as "Binary" syntax instead of "Plain Text" in the status bar
Fixed wildcards incorrectly matching subpaths (For settings like "folder_exclude_patterns")
Made "find_in_files_max_result_size" not apply when replacing
Fixed crash when loading invalid grid layout from session
Fixed spell checker incorrectly marking some words as correct if they can't be encoded
Fixed rendering order of successive popups
Fixed package subfolders sometimes not being loaded when matching the "ignored_packages" setting
Fixed layout instability in side bar causing things to occasionally be rendered 1 pixel off
Added some missing glyphs to "draw_unicode_white_space": "all"
Added "draw_unicode_bidi" setting for drawing unicode bidi characters
Added "select_across_groups" setting for opting into the old side bar selection behavior when selecting a single file
Fixed "close_windows_when_empty" setting not working
Fixed goto-definition preview not closing on escape
Fixed quick panel closing on enter when there are no matching entries
Syntax Highlighting: Fixed backtracking breaking when creating phantoms or doing a context backtrace
Syntax Highlighting: Fixed regression with some syntax definitions introduced in 4115
Linux: Added missing libcurl dependency for package managers
Linux: Fixed GTK overriding LC_NUMERIC environment variable breaking serialization
Windows: Fixed command line not taking focus after closing a waited on file
Windows: Fixed crash when OpenGL initialization fails
Mac: Aliases are now resolved when using drag and drop
Mac: Fixed window sometimes being restored on startup when "create_window_at_startup" is disabled
Mac: Fixed native tabs restoration resulting in odd behavior
Mac: Fixed subl -b not working
Mac: Fixed terminal not being focused after waiting on file
Mac: Fixed Window > Merge All Windows merging minimized windows
Mac: Fixed various inconsistencies when opening files from finder
API: The show_panel command for the find and find in files panels can now take "pattern" and "replace_pattern" arguments
API: ListInputHandler.preview is now called with None when no items match the current filter
API: Fixed case where Window.project_data() could return an invalid value
API: Opening a new pane moves currently selected sheets
API: Added Window.move_sheets_to_group
API: The commands move_to and move_to_neighbouring now move currently selected sheets

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4125 Dev (Dec 17, 2021)

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4124 Dev (Dec 9, 2021)

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4123 Dev (Dec 7, 2021)

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4122 Dev (Nov 3, 2021)

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4121 (Oct 26, 2021)

New update dialog that shows versions, license status and links to the changelog
Various syntax highlighting improvements
Use goto-symbol to jump to specific files in find results
Improved color scheme/theme selection UI
Layout is no longer remembered when "hot_exit" is disabled. You can change this using "remember_layout"
Right-delete now respects "use_tab_stops" setting
Various improvements to behavior of moving sheets during window layout changes
Improved mini-diff and white space rendering performance under OpenGL
Improved performance when reading large files from stdin
Fixed regex replace not working on last occurrence when using look-behind
Fixed "save_on_focus_lost" not working as expected with the reload dialog
Fixed open files not being added to recent file list when "hot_exit" is disabled
Fixed snippet completions not respecting word boundaries
Fixed extra blank window being opened at startup in some cases
Fixed not properly exiting after a prompt when "hot_exit" is disabled
Fixed window unexpectedly closing when project has no added folders and "close_windows_when_empty" is enabled
Fixed tab selection stack not being updated as expected in some cases
Fixed transient sheets persisting when exiting goto-anything
Fixed squiggle underline width not scaling properly
Fixed line highlighting not working when gutter is disabled
Fixed case where folders were being added to existing windows instead of opening in a new window
Fixed performance regression under Windows with non-integer DPI scaling
Fixed syntax highlighting backtracking-related performance problem
Undo stack is now cleared when reading from stdin
Added Selection > Expand Selection to Block which has the same behavior as Expand Selection to Paragraph had previously
"open_files_in_new_window" is now respected when reading from stdin
Added "find_scroll_highlights_limit", "find_highlight_matches_max_size" and "find_regex_highlight_matches_max_size" settings to allow configuring find limits
Added newline detection and normalization when changing settings programmatically
Sublime Merge menu items are hidden when "sublime_merge_path" is set to null
Fixed wrong path sometimes being used when viewing file history in Sublime Merge
Fixed focus lost when selected group is closed whilst reducing the number of groups
File-specific indentation settings are now persisted across restarts
Fixed some edge cases related to "find_in_files_max_result_size"
Fixed completions in input panel not utilizing available window space
Fixed expand selection to tag not working in XML
Fixed current transient sheet unexpectedly closing when using goto-anything
Fixed crash related to syntax backtracking and phantoms
Fixed being unable to open more than one new empty window
Linux: Make selection after middle-click paste consistent with other applications
Linux: Fixed race condition with multiple simultaneous command line invocations
Linux: Fixed custom title bar label color for some GTK themes
Windows: Fixed a case where session could be lost when upgrading
Windows: Fixed NTFS alternate data streams being deleted on save
Windows: Fixed slow window creation when using OpenGL
Windows: Fixed incorrect case being used when opening files from find-in-files with gitignore enabled
Windows: Fixed stdout/stderr output data race when building
Windows: Fixed hang on modal dialogs when context menu is open
Mac: Tweaked text drag-drop behavior to respect NSDragAndDropTextDelay
Mac: The setting "use_find_clipboard" can be used to disable global find clipboard integration
Mac: Fixed double click not working at the top of a window when in full screen with a custom title bar
Mac: Fixed incorrectly reporting successful key event when no command was found
Mac: Fixed windows not restoring properly with multi-monitor setups
Mac: Fixed window layout issue with native tabs when exiting full screen
Mac: Fixed title bar text not fading when out of focus
Mac: Fixed reading stdin not working when no windows are open
API: Fixed plugin popups sometimes having the wrong placement
API: Fixed plugins not loading when a .python-version file is in the User package
API: Added Buffer.clear_undo_stack()
API: Fixed View.show and View.show_at_center not working from on_load callback

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4120 Dev (Oct 25, 2021)

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4119 Dev (Oct 22, 2021)

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4118 Dev (Oct 15, 2021)

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4117 Dev (Oct 14, 2021)

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4116 Dev (Sep 29, 2021)

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4115 Dev (Sep 24, 2021)

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4114 Dev (Sep 3, 2021)

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4113 (Jul 14, 2021)

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4112 Dev (Jul 14, 2021)

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4111 Dev (Jul 12, 2021)

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4110 Dev (Jul 5, 2021)

New in Sublime Text 4 Build 4107 (May 21, 2021)

Release Highlights:
Multi-select tabs to view them side-by-side
Context-aware auto complete by finding similar code elsewhere in the current project
Symbols have kind information that is shown for completions and navigation
Theme can follow system dark mode preference and title bars can be themed on all platforms
Syntax highlighting now supports back-tracking and inheritance
Many syntax highlighting improvements as well as builtin TypeScript, JSX and TSX support
GPU rendering for improved performance. Enabled by default on macOS
ARM64 support for Linux and macOS (Apple Silicon)
Many plugin API additions particularly to better support plugins like LSP
Python 3.8 support for plugins
GPU Rendering:
New hardware_acceleration setting will composite the UI on the GPU
By default, GPU rendering is enabled on Mac, and disabled on Windows and Linux
Details about the active GPU will be displayed in the Console
Context-aware Auto Complete:
The auto complete engine now suggests completions based on patterns in existing code
Uses the entire project as a source, instead of just the current view
Plugins may specify symbol kind info to be displayed in suggestions list
Tab Multi-Select:
Multiple tabs can be selected using ctrl/cmd, their contents will be shown side-by-side
Selecting multiple files from the sidebar will also preview them simultaneously
Included themes have a tab connector joining the active sheet and tab when using sheet multi-select
The sidebar can now select multiple files using alt
Goto Anything allows opening tabs side-by-side using ctrl/cmd
The Definition popup has a dedicated button for opening files side-by-side
Multiple tabs can also be selected from the tab dropdown
The menu Selection/Tab Selection contains various options for manipulating tab multi-select
File/New View into File has been replaced by File/Split View using multi-select
Python 3.8 API:
Added a Python 3.8 API environment for plugins
Plugins can choose Python version via .python-version file in plugin folder
Existing plugins are fully supported via legacy Python 3.3 API
Many API improvements and additions - see API section for more details
Goto Symbol:
Goto Symbol in Project is now significantly faster on huge projects
Icons are now shown next to symbols, indicating the symbol kind
Symbols with 3 characters or less are now indexed
Syntax Definitions:
Added out of the box support for TypeScript, JSX and TSX - thanks to Thomas Smith
Added ability to "branch" within syntax definitions, for non-deterministic or multi-line constructs
Many syntax highlighting improvements, including significant improvements to:
Erlang, with thanks to deathaxe
Significantly improved load times, match times and reduced cache size on disk
embed is now lazy loaded, resulting in much higher performance for syntaxes like markdown
Added branch and fail for non-deterministic parsing
Added version: 2 to fix edge cases while retaining backwards compatibility
Added extends to inherit from another syntax definition. Multiple inheritance is supported, provided all parents have the same base syntax
Added hidden_extensions
Allow using pop alongside push/set/embed/branch
Fixed a performance issue with bounded repeats in regular expressions
Syntax tests can now assert that reindent is working as expected
Syntax tests can now assert that symbols are indexed
Prevent infinite include loops via with_prototype
Fixed a number of scope related bugs
Fixed some regex capture related bugs
Added more information to the Show Scope Name popup
OS Compatibility:
The following operating systems are no longer supported as a result of adding Python 3.8:
OS X 10.7
OS X 10.8
Windows XP
Windows Vista
Platform Integration:
Added automatic dark/light theme and color scheme switching, based on OS theme changes
subl - can now be used to read from stdin on all platforms
Windows will remember their Virtual Desktop/Space/Workspace, controlled by the remember_workspace setting
Scroll bars now follow platform conventions when clicking on them. Configurable using Scroll Bar.sublime-mousemap
Mac: Releases use universal binaries with Apple Silicon support
Mac: Updated icon to follow macOS 11 style
Mac: Windows will now stay maximized when using Mac window tabs
Mac: Fix various issues with the wrong cursor being used
Linux: ARM64 builds are now available
Linux: Text drag and drop is now supported
Linux: Added proper support for Wayland
Linux: Touch screen events are now handled
Linux: Better support for copy+paste with other applications that don't support utf8 text
Linux: Native file dialogs like those for KDE will be used when configured
Windows: IME preview and multi-select support
Windows, Linux: Added support for custom title bars
Windows, Linux: Use vsync for animations instead of a fixed 60hz
Mac, Linux: Improved compatibility with some keyboard layouts
Application Behavior:
Added Safe Mode, to simulate a clean install. Enabled by passing --safe-mode on the command line or holding shift+alt/option at startup on Windows/macOS respectively
Added Help/Report a Bug to link to our public issue tracker
Added options to hot_exit setting to control behavior when the last window is closed
Fixed a possible case where an update loses the current session
Settings containing a UTF-8 BOM will no longer fail to load
Added support for previewing TGA and PSD images
Added close_deleted_files setting to control behavior of session restoration when files have been deleted on disk
Popup windows now use virtual windows for improved performance
Improved performance when loading files with very long lines
Improved rendering performance on very long lines
Improved performance with large session files
Data directories have dropped the "3", though if a "3" directory still exists it will be used
Mac: Quick Switch Project now works without any windows open
Mac, Linux: The cache and index are now located in the proper location (~/.cache and ~/Library/Caches respectively)
Auto Complete:
Typing the full tab trigger of a snippet will move it to the top of the results
Manually typing in the only available completion will hide the auto complete popup
.sublime-completion files can now specify annotation, kind and details
Ranking quality improvements
Improved behavior of completions starting with non-word characters
auto_complete_trailing_symbols is now disabled by default
cancelCompletion will no longer prevent manual invocation
Added the auto_complete_when_likely setting
Added auto_complete_preserve_order setting
Added auto_complete_include_snippets_when_typing setting
Added auto_complete_use_index setting
Added auto_complete_use_history setting to control if previous choices are automatically selected
Running the auto_complete command when auto complete is already showing will re-query plugins for results
auto_complete_selector now applies to the position before the just-typed in character, matching auto_complete_triggers
Input Handling:
Modifier key taps can now be used as part of a key binding. For example, ["ctrl", "ctrl"] will trigger when Ctrl is pressed twice without pressing any other keys in between
Linux: AltGr can now be used in key bindings via altgr
Linux: Added a workaround for a touchscreen driver bug, which would cause right click and mouse scrolling to stop working
Linux: When the menu is hidden, pressing alt will show it
Mac: Fix Pinyin input
Mac: Keypad keys can now be bound to as expected
Mac: Added key bindings for macOS application tabs
Windows, Linux: Hide mouse cursor when typing. Controlled via hide_pointer_while_typing setting
Windows, Linux: Fixed being unable to bind Ctrl+Break
Editor Control:
Added File/Print, which prints via a browser
Added Edit/Copy as HTML
Build systems now use new annotations functionality instead of phantoms, reducing re-flow
Undo history is preserved in the session
Comments and layout are preserved when programmatically editing preferences
Caret blinking is disabled by default. Set caret_style setting to smooth for previous behavior
Improved automatic indentation detection
Added relative line numbers, controlled by the relative_line_numbers setting
Added setting scroll_context_lines
Added setting hide_pointer_while_typing
Added setting control_character_style
Added Project/Recent/Remove Deleted
Added chain command to run multiple commands in series
switch_file command now handles filenames with compound extensions
The scroll_past_end setting now supports customizing the scroll distance using numbers from 0.0 to 1.0
Double-clicking a semi-transient sheet's tab will now fully open the sheet
trim_trailing_white_space_on_save can now be set to "not_on_caret"
trim_trailing_white_space_on_save now trims only newly inserted trailing whitespace by default. Controlled via trim_only_modified_white_space setting
Expanded draw_white_space setting, supporting leading and trailing white space
Unicode white space characters, such as the zero width no-break space, are now drawn as hex values. Controlled via draw_unicode_white_space setting
Fixed spelling correction to support languages with upper case characters after start of word
Added commands to simplify customizing the active theme or color scheme
Quick Switch Project will open the selected project in a new window if Ctrl (Cmd on Mac) is held down
Added wrap_width_style preference
Added console_max_history_lines
Added additional settings to control the status bar: show_sidebar_button, show_indentation and show_syntax
Console now uses Python syntax highlighting by default
Added Central European (Mac) encoding support
Key Bindings: Join Lines is now on Ctrl+Shift+J / Cmd+Shift+J
Key Bindings: Expand Selection to Indentation is no longer bound by default
Key Bindings: Ctrl+J / Cmd+J is now used as a prefix for sequential key bindings, similar to Ctrl+K / Cmd+K
Code Folding: fixed some edge-case incorrect behaviors
Linux: Added support for alternate font weight names
Linux: Selection is no longer cleared when another application makes a selection
Linux: Added Ctrl+Space to trigger Auto Complete
Linux, Windows: Added Alt+Shift+Left Mouse Button as an alternative column selection binding
Linux, Windows: Added Shift+F10 key binding to open the context menu
Text Commands:
Macros now record Find commands
Reworked Jump Back and Jump Forward commands
Improved behavior of Wrap Paragraph
Improved behavior of Swap Lines
Added Revert Diff Hunk
Added Selection/Expand Selection as a general mechanism to expand the selection
Selection/Split into Lines will now split a selection into words if the selection doesn't contain any newlines
Show a sum in the status bar when there are multiple selections and all of them are numbers
set_file_type command now accepts "scope:" prefixed syntax names
Fixed sort_lines replacing unicode newlines with regular ones
Snippets:
Added auto_complete_include_snippets setting, for disabling auto complete integration
Added ignored_snippets setting, for disabling default snippets
Indexing (Goto Definition):
Files ignored by .gitignore are not indexed by default. Controlled via index_exclude_gitignore setting
Files without known extensions are no longer indexed by default. Controlled via index_skip_unknown_extensions setting
Improved behavior with constantly changing files
Significantly improved load times
Files and Folders:
Saving files is now asynchronous
Improved performance when adding directories with extreme amounts of files
When save_on_focus_lost is enabled, closing an unsaved file will save and close it, instead of prompting to save
Improved behavior of save_on_focus_lost in conjunction with administrator owned files
Added reload_file_on_change setting to control if files are automatically reloaded or not
folder_exclude_patterns and folder_include_patterns now support project-relative paths, by starting the path with //
Folders in the sidebar can be recursively expanded via alt+arrow key
Added preview_on_click setting to support only previewing files on left click
Windows: Fixed Open Containing Folder for UNC paths
Windows: Fixed Save dialog not showing for new files with control characters on the first line
Windows: Fixed Ctrl+Backspace inserting a DEL character when a dialog is open in the background
Linux: Fix recreated directories not working correctly with file change monitoring
Linux: Recursively expanding and collapsing sidebar folders now works with alt or super
Find:
Find results are highlighted on the scroll bar, controlled by highlight_find_results_in_scrollbar
Find in Selection now highlights the area that will be searched
Commands can now be run without the find panel having input focus
Fix keypad enter not working in find panel
Improved find history behavior
Find: Various performance improvements with large files using graceful degradation
Find: Fixed adjacent matches being skipped when find in selection is in use
Find: Fixed find in selection option not being cleared when changing tabs
Find: Selection will no longer be reset after Find All is used when finding in selection
Find: Results are now properly highlighted on Find All when close_find_after_find_all is turned off
Find in Files: Improved performance with large numbers of matches
Find in Files: Can now filter by .gitignore
Find in Files: Added Preserve Case option for replacements
Find in Files: Fix not recursing into directories on networked file systems
Find in Files: Hide rulers by default in find results
Find in Files: Added Find/Cancel Find in Files menu item
Find in Files: Binary file patterns are applied when an explicit folder is given
Find in Files: Using "Find in Folder…" from the sidebar context menu will apply project file filters
Find in Files: Added close_find_after_find_all preference
Find in Files: Added close_find_after_replace_all preference
UI:
Changed default color scheme to Mariana
Added Default Dark theme
Added themed_title_bar setting
Changed file tab style, adding file_tab_style setting
Goto Symbol shows more information about symbols
Definitions hover popup shows more information about symbols
Sheets without input focus are now dimmed when using included themes
Added a New Tab button in the tab bar, and hide_new_tab_button setting
Added show_tab_close_buttons_on_left setting
Added highlight_gutter and highlight_line_number settings
Added the ability to auto hide the menu, tabs, and status bar when typing. See auto_hide_menu and related settings
Window title bar can be controlled by show_rel_path and show_project_first settings
Tab context menu now includes Close Unmodified Files and Close Deleted Files entries
Side bar row highlights now properly reflect the selected tabs
Color Schemes: Added glow font option
Color Schemes: Added support for the underline font style
Color Schemes: Added new property, inactive_selection_border
Color Schemes: Slightly darkened the background of Mariana
Color Schemes: Added support for stippled_underline and squiggly_underline
Color Schemes: .hidden-tmTheme files are now supported by the .sublime-color-scheme convertor
Themes: Included themes use variables extensively, making customization simpler
Themes: Added style property for title_bar element, for better integration with OS "dark modes"
Themes: The tree_row for the file with input focus now gets the attribute highlighted
Themes: The settings key now supports objects, with keys being settings and values being a boolean, string or array of strings
Themes: Added sheet_contents class to text, image and HTML sheets
Themes: Added the background_modifier property for sheet_contents
Themes: Added a number of new attributes to tab_control for richer tab theming
Themes: The highlighted attribute is only applied to the most recently active sheet, rather that the most recently active sheet in each group
Themes: tab_control and sheet_contents classes now synchronize their highlighted and hover attributes
Themes: tooltip controls now support animations to their opacity
Linux: Show sequential key bindings in the menu
Linux: Fixed context menu position being slightly offset
Spell Checking:
Updated dictionaries
Added support for non-utf8 dictionaries
Updated Hunspell for improved suggestions
System dictionaries are now available on Linux
Dictionaries in ~/Library/Spelling are now available on Mac
Rendering:
Properly query glyph extents in order to avoid cutting off large glyphs
Windows, Linux: Added support for per-display subpixel ordering
Mac: Improved window resize performance
Windows: Fixed rendering bug where other applications could cause persistent artifacts via window animations
Windows: Add support for color emoji
API:
Improved coverage of plugin profiling
The cProfile module is now included on Linux
Added HTML sheets, which can be created via window.new_html_sheet()
repr now works as expected
Updated OpenSSL to 1.1.1j
.sublime-commands files now support filtering commands via the "platform" key
Minihtml now handles list-style-type CSS property - circle, square and disc
Minihtml now processes subl: links, running them as commands
Minihtml now supports white-space: nowrap
Improved minihtml rendering performance
EventListener has many new features and bug fixes
on_query_completions() can now
Return suggestions asynchronously
Return command completions
Include symbol kind information
New: on_init() is called once with list of views opened before plugin was loaded
New: on_exit() is called immediately before plugin_host exits, after API is shut down
New: on_text_changed() and on_text_changed_async() provide detailed modification info
New methods:
on_reload()
on_revert()
on_new_window()
on_new_window_async()
on_pre_close_window()
on_pre_move()
on_post_move()
on_post_move_async()
on_new_project()
on_new_project_async()
on_load_project()
on_load_project_async()
on_pre_save_project()
on_post_save_project()
on_post_save_project_async()
on_pre_close_project()
on_associate_buffer()
Fixed on_selection_modified() to not be called twice when left clicking
Fixed on_selection_modified() begin called on non-selection state changes
New TextChangeListener for getting callbacks when a text buffer is changed
Can be dynamically bound to a Buffer using TextChangeListener.attach and TextChangeListener.detach
Methods:
on_text_changed()
on_text_changed_async()
on_revert()
on_revert_async()
on_reload()
on_reload_async()
Sheet has some new methods:
file_name()
group()
close()
is_semi_transient()
Sheet.is_transient
View has a number of changes and improvements
Fixed newly created views not having a valid viewport before being returned to the API
add_regions() now has an annotations parameter, to allow adding a per-region annotation to the buffer. The exec command uses this API for build errors
add_regions() calls that add an underline now have that underline applied to whitespace characters
show() now takes keep_to_left and animate parameters
text_point() and related functions now accept a clamp_column parameter
Added "glow" to style_for_scope()
Added View.rowcol_utf8(), View.rowcol_utf16(), View.text_point_utf8() and View.text_point_utf16()
Added sublime.KEEP_ON_SELECTION_MODIFIED, which can be passed to show_popup()
New: element() returns a string describing widget views (find input, quick panel input, etc)
New: assign_syntax() sets the syntax used in a view, supports Syntax objects, paths and scope selectors
New: syntax() returns the currently set Syntax
New: clones()
New: sheet() and sheet_id()
New: export_to_html()
Window has some changes and improvements:
show_quick_panel now accepts placeholder text, via the placeholder argument
Added sublime.CLEAR_TO_RIGHT and sublime.SEMI_TRANSIENT for use with open_file()
Added the flag sublime.REPLACE_MRU for use with open_file(). When multiple sheets are selected, this flag will cause the opened file to replace the most recently used sheet with the file being opened
Added the flag sublime.WANT_EVENT for use with show_quick_panel(). This will pass an event dict to the on_select callback. The dict will contain the key modifier_keys, which will be a dict that may contain zero or more of the keys: primary, ctrl, super, alt, altgr
open_file now accepts sublime.ADD_TO_SELECTION as a flag
New: selected_sheets(), selected_sheets_in_group() and select_sheets()
New: workspace_file_name()
New: bring_to_front()
sublime.ok_cancel_dialog() and sublime.yes_no_cancel_dialog() now accept an optional title parameter
Added sublime.open_dialog, sublime.save_dialog and sublime.select_folder_dialog
Syntax definitions can be queried via sublime.list_syntaxes(), sublime.find_syntax(), sublime.syntax_from_path(), sublime.find_syntax_by_name(), sublime.find_syntax_by_scope(), and sublime.find_syntax_for_file(). They return Syntax objects
Improved sys.stdout to extend io.TextIOBase
sublime.executable_path(), sublime.packages_path(), sublime.installed_packages_path() and sublime.cache_path() may now be called at import time
Added sublime.SymbolRegion and sublime.SymbolLocation with corresponding methods on View and Window
Fix a bug with popup being stuck open when a popup is shown in the hide event handler of another popup
Added open_project_or_workspace command
append command has new, optional disable_tab_translation argument
Added modifier_keys to event dicts when commands are invoked via a menu
Added sublime.DYNAMIC_COMPLETIONS. on_query_completions() can return this flag to indicate that completion results should be re-queried as the user types
Added sublime.INHIBIT_REORDER. Returned by on_query_competions()
CompletionItem now accepts a details parameter, which can include basic HTML
CommandInputHandler now has an initial_selection() method
Added Region.to_tuple and Phantom.to_tuple
Fixed ViewEventListener.on_load_async() sometimes not being called
Added sublime.QuickPanelItem() with support for kind info, annotations and basic minihtml
Plugins may now add selections to the Jump Back history list via the add_jump_record command
Plugins may suppress selections from the Jump Back history list via the jump_ignore_selection region
Plugins may now disable the default HTML and CSS completions
Added Buffer.id() and Buffer.file_name()
The TextInputHandler and ListInputHandler classes may define a method want_event() that returns True to receive an extra parameter, an event dict, when the validate() and confirm() methods are called. The dict will contain the key modifier_keys, which will be a dict that may contain zero or more of the keys: primary, ctrl, super, alt, altgr
Add sublime.ui_info() for high-level information about the UI
Popups will be properly positioned when displayed near the right-hand side of the editor
Popups near the right-hand side of the editor with wrapped lines will now be properly sized
Added ListInputItem so that ListInputHandler objects can provide kind info, annotations and details
Improvements to the API, applied to the new Python 3.8 environment only:
bool(sublime.Selection()) will return False when len() == 0
sublime.load_binary_resource() now returns bytes instead of bytearray
Added Selection.__iter__()
Added Region.__iter__()
Added Region.__contains__()
Added Settings.to_dict()
Settings can now be treated like a dict
Plugins starting with _ will be ignored, __all__ global will be respected
Events won't be reported until plugin_loaded() has been called
.pyc files can now be imported when contained within .sublime-package files, although they will not be scanned for plugins
The certifi Python package is preinstalled
Significant performance improvements when rapidly printing to the Console
Added sublime.log_control_tree(). When enabled, clicking with ctrl+alt will log the control tree under the mouse to the console
Added sublime.log_fps(). When enabled, the render times are tracked and logged
Added logging status functions:
sublime.get_log_commands()
sublime.get_log_input()
sublime.get_log_build_systems()
sublime.get_log_result_regex()
sublime.get_log_indexing()
sublime.get_log_fps()
sublime.get_log_control_tree()
Logging functions are now toggle when no argument is passed:
sublime.log_commands()
sublime.log_input()
sublime.log_build_systems()
sublime.log_result_regex()
sublime.log_indexing()
sublime.log_fps()
sublime.log_control_tree()
Backwards Compatibility Break: The event parameter passed to commands when a minihtml link is clicked changed from a two-element list to a dict with the keys x and y

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NEW: Git Integration:
Files and folders in the sidebar will now display badges to indicate Git status
Ignored files and folders are visually de-emphasized
The current Git branch and number of modifications is displayed in the status bar
Commands have been added to open a repository, see file or folder history, or blame a file in Sublime Merge
Themes may customize the display of sidebar badges and status bar information
The setting show_git_status allows disabling Git integration
All file reads are done through a custom, high-performance Git library written for Sublime Merge
NEW: Incremental Diff:
All changes to a document are now represented by dedicated markers in the gutter
Diff markers show added, modified and deleted lines
The setting mini_diff controls incremental diff behavior
In coordination with the new Git functionality, diffs can be calculated against HEAD or the index
The git_diff_target setting controls base document source
API methods View.set_reference_document() and View.reset_reference_document() allow controlling the diff
The following diff-related commands were added:
Next Modification
Previous Modification
Revert Modification
Full inline diffs of each change can be displayed via the right-click context menu, or keyboard shortcuts
Inline diff presentation can be changed by customizing a color scheme
Read the documentation
Editor Control:
Added block_caret setting
Improve positioning and sizing of gutter icons in some situations
Fixed draw_minimap_border setting not working
Windows: Improved IME support
Themes/UI:
Enhanced the .sublime-theme format:
Added variables support and associated revised JSON format with variables key
Added extends keyword to have one theme derive from another
Colors may be specified via CSS syntax
Improved performance with large numbers of rules in a .sublime-theme
Windows: Fixed minimized and maximized state not restoring
Windows: Fixed a bug where auto complete entries would contain an ellipsis when not required
Text Rendering:
Support for Unicode 11.0
Improved rendering of combining characters
Fixed a caret positioning bug when non-trivial graphemes are present
Fixed some cases of incorrect glyph positions on Windows and Mac
Windows: Fixed a rendering issue with certain combining characters
Windows: Fixed some fonts having an incorrect baseline
Color Schemes:
Added block_caret key to use in conjunction with block carets
caret values now respect alpha as expected, rather than pre-blending against the background color
Added the foreground_adjust property to rules with a background. Accepts CSS color mod adjusters to manipulate the saturation, lightness or opacity of the foreground color.
Syntax Highlighting:
Many syntax highlighting improvements, including significant improvements to:
Clojure, with thanks to Nelo Mitranim
Go, with thanks to Nelo Mitranim
Lua, with thanks to Thomas Smith
Fixed a crash that could occur when nesting embed patterns in .sublime-syntax files
Syntax Tests: Allow syntax test files to have a UTF-8 BOM
Files and Folders:
Improve performance of file watching for ignored paths on Windows and Mac
Windows: Fixed Open File treating paths as case-sensitive
Windows: Properly unlock directories after contained files are closed
API:;
Added View.set_reference_document() and View.reset_reference_document() to control diff generation
Phantoms are now drawn correctly in conjunction with draw_centered
Various minor improvements related to plugin module loading and unloading
Added support for hwb() colors to minihtml
Added a custom min-contrast() adjuster for the CSS color mod function in minihtml
Miscellaneous:
Fixed a Goto Symbol in Project performance regression
F21..F24 keys can now be bound
Assorted minor fixes and stability improvements

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Themes/UI:
Windows: Added support for Windows 10 (and 8.1) per-monitor DPI scaling
Improved overall High DPI support
Added support for 8k monitors and 300% DPI scale
Themes can now provide @3x versions of images for very high DPI monitors
Improved indent guide positions when using line padding
Rulers are drawn with stippled lines
Linux/Windows: Improved High DPI minimap rendering
Mac: Fixed occasional yellow or black windows when using a theme with a colored title bar
Mac: Double-clicking a themed title bar now performs the default system action
Mac: Fixed sizing of some dialog windows when a theme uses a themed title bar
Mac: Fixed gutter icons sometimes not drawing
Text Rendering:
Added ligature support for symbols
Added font_options for controlling ligatures and stylistic sets
Improved rendering and selection of emojis
Tab width is now properly measured for proportional fonts
Windows: DirectWrite is now used by default for all fonts
Windows: Support gray_antialias in conjunction with DirectWrite
Windows: improved DirectWrite anti-aliasing, adding support for system ClearType tuning
Goto Definition:
Added Goto References when hovering over a symbol
Added goto_reference command to the Goto menu
Color Schemes:
Added new color scheme format, .sublime-color-scheme
Add Hashed Syntax Highlighting
Added the Celeste color scheme to showcase hashed syntax highlighting
Selections now render by default with true rounded corners
Added color scheme settings for selection border width, corner style and radius
Selection background and border now support alpha channels
Improved color scheme reloading
Added Convert Color Scheme command
Added support for the invisibles key in color schemes
selection_foreground can now be specified on a per-scope basis
Color Schemes can specify bold and italic in the brackets_options key
Improved handling of invalid.deprecated scopes in default color schemes
Syntax Highlighting:
Add embed action to .sublime-syntax files for improved syntax nesting
Added Git Formats package for Git config files and use as core.editor, with thanks to Ryan Boehning and deathaxe
Many syntax highlighting improvements, including significant improvements to:
JavaScript, with thanks to Thomas Smith
ShellScript, with thanks to Raoul Wols
Makefiles, with thanks to Raoul Wols
Java, with thanks to lastsecondsave
C#, with thanks to keith-hall
Markdown, with thanks to keith-hall
Python, with thanks to FichteFoll
Added stand alone syntax test runner for Linux, allowing for CI testing
Various syntax definition errors now include the file name in the message
Command Palette:
New Command Palette implementation that can accept text input from users
Fuzzy matching can match terms out of order by space separating them
Added new commands Arithmetic, Rename File and View Package File to showcase new features
Keyboard shortcut hints are no longer cut off at 15 characters
Build Systems:
Improve cancellation handling
Use /usr/bin/env to locate bash
Fix multi-byte encodings sometimes triggering decoding errors
Improved exec build target handling of killing child processes
Files and Folders:
Improved handling of symlinks in the sidebar, including additions and removals
Symlinks no longer have an expand arrow in the sidebar, but have a Reveal Link Source context menu entry
Add support for binary_file_patterns, index_exclude_patterns and index_include_patterns to .sublime-project files
index_exclude_patterns and index_include_patterns can now match full paths instead of just filename
Linux/Windows: File system notifications now account for symlinks (and Windows junctions)
Linux: file system notification now only requires a single inotify instance
Linux: Improved behavior when fs.inotify.max_user_watches is too low
Mac: Reduced the number of file stats operations
Mac: Added support for case-sensitive file systems
Input:
Fixed popup and auto complete windows not showing when the caret is at the leftmost position of a widget
Fix left arrow not working in the side bar
Fixed not being able to grab the scrollbar by clicking on the rightmost pixels of the window
Fix double clicking on the selection not setting input focus when drag_drop is enabled
Linux: Context menus no longer cause the editor control to be focused when closed
Windows: Fix pen input
Performance:
Significantly reduced memory usage related to syntax definitions - using up to 30% less total program memory
Improve idle CPU usage
Fix a bug where theme animations may continue even after a layer has been hidden, causing excessive CPU usage
Mac: Solved increased CPU usage on Macs when a GPU switch occurs while using a theme with a colored title bar
API:
Added TextInputHandler and ListInputHandler to interact with new Command Palette functionality
Added View.style() and View.style_for_scope()
Added automatically generated scope names for use with the regions API: region.redish, region.orangish, region.yellowish, region.greenish, region.bluish, region.purplish and region.pinkish
Improve View.find() and View.find_all() performance when doing literal matches
Expanded ViewEventListener API
Fix EventListener.on_activated_async() not being called for views when the editor starts
Add ViewEventListener.on_activated() and ViewEventListener.on_activated_async() to be called for views when the editor starts
Improve tracebacks for Python in .sublime-package files
shell_environment is now ensured to be loaded before plugin_loaded() is called on plugins
Plugin commands are now created before plugin_loaded() is run
Loaded plugins are now stored in __plugins__ rather than plugins
The Python ssl module will now negotiate TLS 1.2, 1.1 or 1.0 with the PROTOCOL_TLSv1 constant
Updated Python environment with SQLite 3.22.0, and OpenSSL 1.0.2n
Miscellaneous:
Fixed being unable to load dictionary files larger than 16mb
Fixed an issue where out of memory conditions would trigger a buffer overflow instead of a clean crash
Word wrap is turned on by default for the console
Added Regex Replace Widget.sublime-settings and Console Input Widget.sublime-settings
Fixed a number of bugs that would cause crashes

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New in Sublime Text 3.0 Build 3159 Dev (Mar 29, 2018)

New in Sublime Text 3.0 Build 3158 Dev (Mar 29, 2018)

Added support for Windows 10 (and 8.1) per-monitor DPI scaling
Added Git Formats package for Git config files and use as core.editor, with thanks to Ryan Boehning and deathaxe
Added font_options for controlling ligatures and stylistic sets
Added support for case-sensitive file systems on Macs
File system notifications on Linux and Windows now account for symlinks (and Windows junctions)
Linux file system notification now only requires a single inotify instance
Improved handling of symlinks in the sidebar, including additions and removals
Symlinks no longer have an expand arrow in the sidebar, but have a "Reveal Link Source" context menu entry
Selections now render by default with true rounded corners
Added color scheme options for selection border width, corner style and radius
Selection background and border now support alpha channels
Fixed a bug in where a phantom at the beginning of a line could cause syntax highlighting issues
Tab width is now properly measured for proportional fonts
Improved rendering and selection of emojis in the editor control
Fixed some issues with loading fonts on Windows, including .fon fonts
Fixed a crash on Macs when a window was closed and later the system switched GPUs
Double-clicking a themed title bar on Mac now performs the default system action
Reduced the number of file stats operations on Mac
Context menus on Linux no long cause the editor control to be focused when closed
Improved exec build target handling of killing child processes
Add support for binary_file_patterns, index_exclude_patterns and index_include_patterns to .sublime-project files
index_exclude_patterns and index_include_patterns can now match full paths instead of just filename
Fixed a bug on Linux where some ultra-wide ligatures would have the left edge clipped off
shell_environment is now ensured to be loaded before plugin_loaded() is called on plugins
Fixed a bug where regions added through the API may not be properly applied when one of the regions ends at the beginning of the first line in the viewport
Various syntax highlighting improvements
API: Fix EventListener.on_activated_async() not being called for views when the editor starts
API: Add ViewEventListener.on_activated() and ViewEventListener.on_activated_async() to be called for views when the editor starts
API: The Python ssl module will now negotiate TLS 1.2, 1.1 or 1.0 with the `PROTOCOL_TLSv1` constant
API: Updated Python to 3.3.7, SQLite to 3.22.0, and OpenSSL to 1.0.2n

New in Sublime Text 3.0 Build 3157 Dev (Feb 9, 2018)

New in Sublime Text 3.0 Build 3156 Dev (Dec 3, 2017)

New in Sublime Text 3.0 Build 3155 Dev (Nov 30, 2017)

New in Sublime Text 3.0 Build 3154 Dev (Nov 20, 2017)

New in Sublime Text 3.0 Build 3153 Dev (Nov 20, 2017)

New in Sublime Text 3.0 Build 3152 Dev (Nov 20, 2017)

New in Sublime Text 3.0 Build 3150 Dev (Nov 20, 2017)

New in Sublime Text 3.0 Build 3143 (Sep 13, 2017)

Refreshed UI theme, including full high DPI support
New icon
Added alternate theme, Adaptive, that inherits colors from the color scheme
Added new color schemes Breakers, Mariana and Sixteen, derived from the excellent work of Chris Kempson and Dmitri Voronianski
Added color scheme and theme switchers with live preview via the command palette
Windows: Added touch input
Linux: Added repositories for apt, yum and pacman
Mac: Added Touch Bar support
Mac: Support for custom color window title bars on OS X 10.10+
Many additions and bug fixes to the theme engine, plus full documentation
Significant improvements to Markdown syntax highlighting, with thanks to keith-hall
Significant improvements to C# syntax highlighting, with thanks to gwenzek
Significant improvements to Java syntax highlighting, with thanks to djspiewak
Significant improvements to Python syntax highlighting, with thanks to FichteFoll
Significant improvements for R syntax highlighting, with thanks to randy3k
Markdown: Improved symbol handling
C#: Improved symbol handling
Many other syntax highlighting improvements
Various bugs with the syntax highlighting engine have been resolved
Fixed several crash issues
Improved responsiveness when the system is under high CPU load
High DPI textures are used on Windows and Linux when the DPI scale is greater than 1.0
Improved font selection on all platforms, allowing selection of different weights by name
Added setting theme_font_options to control font rendering of UI elements
Improved auto indent rules for HTML and PHP
Font geometry issues that prevent bold or italics are now printed in the console
Fixed flash-of-white that could occur when the auto complete window is closed
Disable scroll animation when animation_enabled is false in settings
Files can now be renamed when only the case has changed
New windows start with an empty find history
Find in Files panel now responds to find_all and replace_all commands
Various regex handling improvements in the Find panel
Fixed text widgets cutting off the bottom pixel of their selection border
Fixed an issue with close_windows_when_empty in empty session
Fixed empty panes on startup when hot_exit was set to false
Fix Open Containing Folder on Windows with a folder containing a comma
Fix multi-cursor pasting when clipboard contains one or more full lines
Prevent UNC paths from being mangled by edit_settings
Prevent a crash when a malformed regex is used in indentation settings
Improved rendering performance with a large number of gutter icons
Gutter icons are now sized properly on Windows and Linux high DPI screens
Improved sidebar performance when folders contain many thousands of files
Improved inline error message style
Fixed an issue where multiple indexing status windows could be shown
Windows: Font rendering defaults to DirectWrite unless using Consolas or Courier New
Windows: Added support for no_antialias font option when using DirectWrite
Windows: Improved touch pad scrolling
Windows: Improved file change detection robustness
Windows: Improved font selection logic
Windows: Fix ctrl+` shortcut for UK (ISO) keyboards
Windows: Improved fallback font handling in UI elements
Windows: The subl executable on OS X and plugin_host.exe on Windows are now signed
Windows: sublime_text.exe now has CompanyName set in VERSIONINFO
minihtml: Added support for borders
minihtml: Respects font_options from the settings
minihtml: Fixed layout of html popups on Windows and Linux under High DPI
minihtml: Fixed crash when doctype is present
minihtml: Fixed a crash from non-existent CSS vars
minihtml: Fixed a crash triggered by bad image paths
API: Add View.text_to_window() and View.layout_to_window()
API: All API functions now accept and return device-independent-pixels
API: Fixed input panel not running on_cancel when re-showing the input panel
API: Fixed selector scoring with the & operator
API: Fixed a bug causing incorrect phantom contents
API: Fixed crash in Window.set_view_index()
API: Updated OpenSSL to 1.0.2k, SQLite to 3.16.02

New in Sublime Text 3.0 Build 3126 Beta (Sep 23, 2016)

New in Sublime Text 3.0 Build 3124 Beta (Sep 22, 2016)

Settings now open in a new window, with the default and user settings side-by-side
Hovering over a symbol will show a popup indicating where it's defined. This is controlled with the show_definitions setting.
Build errors are now shown inline at the location where they occurred. This is controlled with the show_errors_inline setting.
Added a menu item and command palette entry to install Package Control
Various syntax highlighting improvements.
Significant improvements to the Scala syntax definition
Significant improvements to the LaTeX syntax definition
Improved Goto Definition performance when a large number of files are open
Minor improvements to file load times
Fixed Replace not working as expected in conjunction with regex look behinds
Fixed build systems being unable to use "file_patterns" with the exec command
Corrected tab overlap on HiDPI Windows and Linux configurations
File encoding of open files is now stored in the session
Build Systems may define a cancel command using the "cancel" key
Syntax: Added clear_scopes directive, to give more control over the generated scopes
Color Schemes: Added popupCss key, for defining default popup style sheets
Color Schemes: Added phantomCss key, for defining default phantom style sheets
minihtml: HiDPI support was added for Windows and Linux
minihtml: Windows style line endings and single quoted attributes are now supported
minihtml: Child selectors may now be used in style sheets
minihtml: The inherit CSS value has been implemented
minihtml: font-family stacks may now be used
minihtml: Support for the line-height CSS property was added
minihtml: Elements may now be relatively positioned
minihtml: Inline elements support padding and background-color set
minihtml: CSS variables and the var() function are now supported
minihtml: Added the CSS color functions color() (partial), rgb(), rgba(), hsl() and hsla()
minihtml: Fixed a stack overflow on Windows with too many unclosed tags
API: Added Phantom and PhantomSet
API: Added ViewEventListener
API: Added View.is_primary()
API: Added EventListener.on_hover(view, point, hover_zone)
API: Added functions to get and set visibility of the minimap, status bar, tabs and menu
API: Modifications to a selection are now constrained to the valid range
API: Updated Python 3.3 to commit 8e3b9bf917a7, and SQLite to 3.14.1
Packages: Loading packages will no longer abort if a .sublime-package is corrupt
Packages: Fixed an edge case when loading third party packages from unicode paths on Windows

New in Sublime Text 3.0 Build 3114 Beta (May 13, 2016)

New in Sublime Text 3.0 Build 3103 Beta (Feb 10, 2016)

New in Sublime Text 3.0 Build 3083 Beta (Aug 17, 2015)

New in Sublime Text 3.0 Build 3080 Beta (Mar 24, 2015)

Fixed Redo sometimes restoring the selection to the incorrect location
Reworked how Build Systems are selected (More Information)
Build Systems may now declare "keyfiles" (e.g., 'Makefile' for the Make build system) to better auto detect which build system to use
Improved handling of build systems that generate lots of output
New windows always use the automatic build system, rather than the build system of the last used window
Command Palette now remembers the last entered string
Improved change detection for files that disappear and reappear, as happens with disconnected network drives
atomic_save is disabled by default
Right clicking on a URL will show an "Open URL" menu item
Added Goto Definition to the context menu
Improved behavior of Goto Definition when using multiple panes
Misspelled words can now be added to the dictionary, in addition to being ignored
Fixed Ignored Words not persisting after exiting
Fixed a long standing issue with spell checking and non-ascii characters
Added spelling_selector setting, to control what text is checked for misspellings
Tweaked handling of syntax definitions and unused captures, resolving an issue with spell checking in Markdown links.
Goto Anything supports :line:col syntax in addition to :line
Added Edit Project to the Command palette
Improved quote auto pairing logic
Added option to Find in Files
Improved Console Panel scrolling behavior
.tmLanguage files may contain a hidden setting, to indicate they shouldn't be displayed to the user
Improved some error messages when parsing .tmLanguage files
remember_open_files setting is now defaults to false. Note that this change will have no effect if the hot_exit setting is left at its default value of true
Added auto_complete_cycle setting
Fixed Minimap refusing to draw on very large windows
Fixed not being able to click on the selected row of the auto complete popup
Fixed sidebar icons sometimes being invisible on startup
Transient sheets (e.g., as created by Goto Anything when previewing files) are no longer added to the Recently Closed list
Improved scrolling behavior when line_padding_top is > 0
Fixed a bug with scrolling tabs, where a 1 pixel line would occasionally appear underneath them
Fixed tabset background being set to the wrong color on startup if different colored tabs are used
Updated to a never version of leveldb, fixing constant low level CPU usage if the index becomes corrupted
Fixed a crash that could occur when directories are being rapidly deleted and recreated
Fixed a crash that occurred when dragging rows scrolled out of view in the side bar
Fixed a long standing plugin_host crash triggered via modal dialogs
Fixed a typo in the "Save Workspace As" dialog
Fixed incorrect menu mnemonics
Linux: Added sudo save
Windows: Popup windows are able to receive scroll wheel input
Windows: subl.exe command line helper accepts wildcards
Windows: Fixed access denied errors that could occur when saving with atomic_save disabled
Windows: Added workaround for broken std::condition_variable in MSVC 2012, fixing a crash in plugin_host
Windows: Added more descriptive errors when the Update Installer fails to rename a folder
Windows: Fixed incorrect window sizing after making a maximised window full screen
OSX: Added work around for performActionForItemAtIndex: taking an excessively long time in Yosemite. This affected any commands that had a corresponding menu item.
OSX: Workaround for an OS issue with zero size windows and OpenGL views
OSX: subl command line tool no longer uses Distributed Objects, resolving some intermittent failures
Posix: Fixed new files not respecting the umask permission flags
API: Added View.show_popup() and related functions
API: Added sublime.yes_no_cancel_dialog()
API: Added sublime.expand_variables()
API: Added Window.extract_variables()
API: Added Sheet.view()
API: Window.show_quick_panel() now accepts the flag sublime.KEEP_OPEN_ON_FOCUS_LOST
API: Window.show_quick_panel() will now scroll to the selected item when shown
API: Fixed on_post_window_command() not getting called

New in Sublime Text 3.0 Build 3065 Beta (Aug 29, 2014)

New in Sublime Text 3.0 Build 3059 Beta (Dec 18, 2013)

New in Sublime Text 2.0.2 Build 2221 (Jul 8, 2013)

New in Sublime Text 3.0 Build 3047 Public Beta (Jun 29, 2013)

New in Sublime Text 3.0 Build 3033 Beta (May 10, 2013)

New in Sublime Text 2.0.1 Build 2217 (Jul 14, 2012)

New in Sublime Text 2.0 Build 2210 (Jun 26, 2012)

Added "Quick Skip Next", on Command+K,Command+D / Ctrl+K,Ctrl+D
Added text drag and drop
Reloading a file maintains the selection
Theme: Added support for the highlight_modified_tabs setting
Added setting show_full_path, to control if the full path is shown in the window title
Added setting bold_folder_labels
Windows: Installer is signed
Windows: Directory scanning makes use of inodes where available
Windows: Files are opened with the FILE_SHARE_DELETE share mode
Windows: Fixed a regression in command line handling with network paths
Tweaked command line handling when Sublime Text isn't already running
Reworked CSS completions
Improved Toggle Comment for HTML and CSS
Added Open in Browser context menu for HTML files
Saving a file now calls fsync to ensure the data is written to disk
Added support for file_include_patterns and folder_include_patterns in projects
Find in Files can exclude directories using "-some_path/" syntax
Added BOM variants to the Save with Encoding menu
Added setting preview_on_click
Improved Indentation Detection
ASCII control codes are rendered in a different style
Auto complete and tool tips say within the screen boundaries
Double clicking in the tab header area will create a new tab
Delete Folder will prompt before moving the folder to the trash
Double clicking on whitespace will select only whitespace
Theme: Added 'expandable' attribute to tree_rows, enabling folders to be styled differently
Theme: Tweaked quick panel to better indicate the selected item
Disabling find result highlighting will also disable find-as-you-type in the Find panel
Pressing escape in the incremental find panel will set the selection to the search start point
Extended behavior of home and end keys on word wrapped lines
Changes in file name case are detected in the side bar
Fixed save_on_focus_lost causing Goto Anything to not show if the current file has unsaved changes
Fixed folders not being added to the recent folders list
Fixed rendering of active indent guides
Fixed pasting file:line expressions into the Goto Anything panel
Invalid key names in keymap files will are logged to the console
Build Systems: Added variants
Build Systems: Improved debug output of the exec command when the target isn't found
Build Systems: Added show_panel_on_build setting
Build Systems: Build times are reported
Build Systems: Exit code is reported, if it's non-zero
Build Systems: Improved output panel height serialization
Build Systems: Canceling a build will terminate rather than kill the process
Vintage: Added backspace motion
Vintage: Improved quote text object
Vintage: Added Ctrl+U and Ctrl+D
Vintage: 'vintage_use_clipboard' forces pasting from system clipboard too
Vintage: Fixed motions with "0" in them for actions
Vintage: Visual mode I and A
Vintage: Added vintage_use_clipboard setting to yank to the system clipboard
Vintage: Tweaked behavior of cw and cW when the caret is in whitespace
Vintage: Added bindings for moving the group focus up, down, left, right
Vintage: Paste accepts a repeat count
Vintage: Added bindings for u and U in visual mode, to change the case of the selection and exit visual mode
Vintage: Macro replay accepts a repeat count
Vintage: r processes lines individually
Vintage: Tweaked % behavior
Vintage: Fix bug that caused deletes to erroneously left_delete
Vintage: Fix EOF behavior with linewise changes
Vintage: Ignoring a and i when in visual mode
Vintage: cc and S take counts
Vintage: Correctly shrink selections when reversed
Vintage: Added vap
API: Added sublime.message_dialog()
API: Added sublime.ok_cancel_dialog()
API: Added Command.is_checked() to support checkbox menu items
API: Added sublime.log_result_regex()

New in Sublime Text 2.0 Build 2181 Beta (Feb 22, 2012)

New Icon, by The Iconfactory
File and Global settings have been combined into a single settings file
Selecting a word will highlight other occurrences. This can be controlled with the match_selection setting
Reworked text rendering for improved quality
Improved automatic indentation. It now uses bracket matching to better determine indentation
Added setting indent_to_bracket and smart_indent, to customize automatic indentation
Auto Complete is less intrusive
Renaming a file via the side bar will rename any open files
Improved folder scanning performance on huge directory trees
Untitled files have their name set automatically from the first line of the file. The can be controlled with the set_unsaved_view_name setting
Ruby: #{} is expanded when # is entered in a string
Folder names are shown in the window title if no project is open
Folders in projects are stored with relative paths
Added Save with Encoding
Spelling errors are indicated with an underline only, the foreground color of the text is no longer changed
Added no_bold and no_italic font options
Added margin setting, to control the size of the gutter
Key bindings for Goto Anything, Save, etc will work if a panel has input focus
"Open all with current extension as" handles filenames without extensions
Fixed an auto complete display issue
Fixed find_under_expand not setting whole_word correctly
Fixed Paste and Indent adding unwanted whitespace when pasting within a line
Fixed a minor compatibility issue with .tmLanguage files
Fixed a tab dragging issue on OS X and Windows
Windows: Default font is now Consolas
Windows: Improved text rendering quality when using Direct Write
Windows: Added support for --wait
Windows: Added support for drive letter relative paths passed on the command line
Windows and Linux: Added key bindings for ctrl+shift+backspace/delete
Vintage: Escape cancels current input (thanks fjl)
Vintage: Pasting over visual mode selections works as expected (thanks misfo)
Vintage: Linewise changes set indentation (thanks misfo)
Vintage: Linewise motions work as expected (thanks misfo)
Vintage: c, C, s and S update registers (thanks misfo)
Vintage: Tweaks to G and gg (thanks guillermooo)
Vintage: Added zt and zb (thanks djjcast)
Vintage: Added gq (thanks orutherfurd)
Plugin initialization time is reported in the console at startup
API: Tweaked module importing
API: Added window.find_open_file(file_name)
API: Added sublime.run_command()
API: Added view.unfold([regions])
API: Added view.folded_regions()

New in Sublime Text 2.0 Build 2165 Beta (Feb 22, 2012)

Theme: New UI theme
Added support for bold and italic font styles
Speed: Improved startup time
Speed: Optimized memory usage
Speed: Improved font glyph rasterization speed
Rearranged the menu, making important features are easier to locate
Auto complete: Completion menu is shown automatically. This is configurable with the auto_complete file setting
Auto complete: Tab can be used instead of enter to accept the current completion, by using the auto_complete_commit_on_tab file setting
Auto complete: Many quality improvements
Tab Completion: Pressing tab multiple times will cycle through the available completions
Added reopen_last_file command, bound to Command+Shift+T / Ctrl+Shift+T
Deleting files via the side bar will send them to the trash, rather than deleting them outright
Improved behavior when hot_exit and remember_open_files are false
Color schemes and syntax definitions are reloaded on the fly
Paste and Indent will now do the right thing in more circumstances
save_on_focus_lost won't save if the underlying file has been deleted
Added key binding for replace_next
slurp_find_string will set the whole_word flag based on if the selection is empty
Added file setting move_to_limit_on_up_down. This is enabled by default on OS X.
Shift+Drag will set the active end of the selection as expected
Clicking on a tab will always give the relevant sheet input focus
Simplified indent guide settings, and disabled active indent guide drawing by default. The indent_guide_options file setting can be used to change this
Improved minimap dragging
increase_font_size command will allow sizes up to 128pt
Changed how the toggle argument to show_panel is handled
Files with colons in their names may be opened from the command line
Fixed handling of selectors with extraneous '.' characters
File Encoding: Added default_encoding setting
File Encoding: Added Hexadecimal encoding, for basic editing of binary files. This is controlled with the enable_hexadecimal_encoding global setting
Projects: Folders may be given a name attribute, to change how they're displayed
Projects: Exclude patterns may include paths, for example: file_exclude_patterns: ["tmp/*.cc"]
Projects: .sublime-project files passed on the command line will be opened as projects, without --project being required
Projects: Folder paths with trailing slashes are supported
Projects: Fixed folder_exclude_patterns not being serialized correctly in project files
Vintage: Column is maintained when moving between lines
Vintage: == reindents current line (thanks Gordin)
Vintage: Added ZZ (thanks Guillermooo)
Vintage: Added X command (thanks misfo)
Vintage: Added _ command (thanks redjohn)
Vintage: Added ~ (thanks misfo)
Vintage: r,enter is supported (thanks misfo)
Vintage: Added various Ctrl+W, bindings for layout control (thanks Gordin)
Vintage: Added various z, bindings for folding (thanks Gordin)
Vintage: _ accepts a count (thanks guillermooo)
Vintage: Ctrl+C is a synonym for escape on OS X(thanks sugarcoded)
Vintage: dw works as expected at EOL
Vintage: Fixed an issue with the zz key binding (thanks Bradley Priest)
API: Plugins have a finite time to respond to events before users will be issued a warning indicating the slow plugin
API: Added sublime.log_input()
API: Added view.encoding() and view.set_encoding()
API: Added view.line_endings() and view.set_line_endings()
API: Added view.viewport_position() and view.set_viewport_position()
API: Added view.viewport_extent() and view.layout_extent()
API: Added view.text_to_layout() and view.layout_to_text()
API: Added view.line_height() and view.em_width()
API: Added window.active_view_in_group(group)
API: Added window.views_in_group(group)
API: Added window.get_layout() and window.set_layout()
API: Added window.get_view_index() and window.set_view_index()
API: settings.has() now works as expected
API: on_query_completions results may have a tab embedded in their descriptions, to delimit help text

New in Sublime Text 2.0 Build 2139 Beta (Nov 2, 2011)

New in Sublime Text 2.0 Build 2126 Beta (Sep 28, 2011)

Hot Exit is now the default, and configurable via the hot_exit global setting
Added Code Folding, see the Edit/Coding Folding menu for details. More folding options will be added in the future.
Find in Files results are colored for better visibility
Matching tags are highlighted
Improved word wrapping of source code: extra indentation is now added on wrapped lines
Added global setting highlight_modified_tabs to better indicate tabs with unsaved changes
Goto Anything: Improved ranking accuracy on repetitive file paths
Goto Anything: Files are now displayed in most recently used order, and shown by default
Side Bar: The side bar will auto hide if open files aren't shown, and there are no open folders
Side Bar: Disabled animation on expand/collapse
Side Bar: Headings are no longer indented
Side Bar: Clicking on a folder will expand or collapse it, rather than selecting it
Side Bar: Open files are now hidden by default
Side Bar: The current file is highlighted in both the Open Files and Open Folders sections, if present
Side Bar: Folders will be expanded by default
The find highlight outline color now has a better default, and is configurable via the highlight key in the color scheme
Ctrl+F3 will search by whole words if the selection is empty
Ctrl+D will search by whole words if the selection is initially empty
Find All no longer disables the "In selection" flag
Find Preview will not be shown if finding for "." in regex mode
Find Next Using Selection unsets the reverse flag
Find in Files accepts relative paths
Projects: File names in workspaces are stored with relative paths
Projects: Fixed project specific settings persisting when the project is closed
Indent Guides: Fixed solid indent guides not rendering crisply with sub-pixel glyph positioning
Indent Guides: Fixed indent guide rendering and word wrapping in conjunction with Perl syntax highlighting
Ctrl+Tab will only cycle between files in the current group
Improved undo grouping logic, so the amount of typing undone is more predictable
Added Expand Selection to Indentation (Ctrl+Shift+J)
Expand Selection to Tag will handle unclosed tags
Fixed rot13 tripping up on non-ascii characters
Vintage: Find no longer selects the found text
Vintage: Arrow keys, page up/down and home/end act as motions
Vintage: All Ctrl key bindings are now enabled only if the vintage_ctrl_keys setting is true, which is the default for OS X, but not Windows and Linux.
Vintage: Ctrl+[ is now an alias for escape (if vintage_ctrl_keys is enabled)
Vintage: Added Ctrl+E and Ctrl+Y, to scroll up/down by lines, if vintage_ctrl_keys is enabled.
Vintage: I will insert at the first non-whitespace character on the line
Vintage: Added ga
Vintage: Improved H, L and M motions
Vintage: 1G and G are distinguished
Theme: Tabs with modified files now have a "dirty" attributes that can be used in selectors
Theme: Added key indent_top_level for the sidebar_tree class
API: Added view.fold() and view.unfold()

New in Sublime Text 2.0 Build 2111 Beta (Aug 31, 2011)

Added indentation guides. These may be disabled with the draw_indent_guides setting
Added syntax, indentation, and spell checking information to the status bar
Added Vintage mode, for vi key bindings in Sublime Text 2
Added Expand Selection to Tag (Ctrl+Shift+A)
Added Close Tag (Alt+. on Windows)
Projects are now stored in two files: .sublime-project (user editable, can be checked into version control) and .sublime-workspace (containing the session state). Existing project files will be converted on load.
Projects: Folders in projects may be given file_exclude_patterns and folder_exclude_patterns
Projects: Per-project file settings may be specified in the .sublime-project files
Projects: Build systems may be specified within .sublime-project files
Projects: Open Project and Recent Projects open the project in a new window
Added File/Open Folder, to open a folder in a new window. These entries will appear in the Open Recent list.
Passing folders on the command line will open them in a new window by default
Shift+Tab will always unindent when the caret is at the beginning of the line
Tweaked Delete Word
Tweaked behavior of up/down with non-empty selections
Build is now bound to Ctrl+B Windows and Linux (Command+B on OS X, as it was previously). F7 is also bound to build on all platforms.
Toggle Side Bar is now bound to Command+K, Command+B on OS X, and Ctrl+K, Ctrl+B on Windows and Linux
Added the ability to hide the open files section on the side bar, via the View/Side Bar menu
Added global setting close_windows_when_empty, to close windows as soon as the last file is closed.
Find and replace panels operate via commands, and indicate the relevant key bindings on the buttons
Updated C syntax highlighting
Updated Bash highlighting
fallback_encoding is respected by Find in Files
The copy command is now recorded in macros
Resolved a syntax highlighting issue in contentName handling
Fixed a crash that could occur with replace in selection
Fixed an issue that could result in an incorrect scroll range when scroll_past_end is enabled
Fixed incorrect tab positions in some circumstances
Fixed an issue that could erroneous carets in the replace panel
Middle clicking on tab close buttons is no longer ignored
Windows: Fixed delay when opening multiple files from Explorer
Windows: Fixed Open Containing Folder for files in root directories
API: Added Command.description()
API: Added sublime.score_selector(scope, selector)
API: Added view.score_selector(point, selector)
API: Added view.find_by_selector(selector)
API: view.scope_name() now returns scope components in the expected order. view.syntax_name() is still available for compatibility.
API: Added sublime.get_macro()
API: Added sublime.MONOSPACE_FONT option for the quick panel
API: If a plugin module has a top level function called unload_handler, it'll be called when the plugin is reloaded or unloaded.
API: Fixed a crash when reloading plugins while threads are active
API: API functions better handle null windows

New in Sublime Text 2.0 Build 2095 Beta (Aug 3, 2011)

New in Sublime Text 2.0 Build 2091 Beta (Jul 29, 2011)

Carets blink by default (can be changed with the caret_style file setting).
Files with the same name, but different directories, now have unambiguous labels in the side bar and tabs
New windows are created with the settings and size of the previous window. This supersedes the new_window_settings.
duplicate_line will operate on non-empty selections, duplicating the selection
Added global setting show_tab_close_buttons
Added Reveal in Side Bar context menu item
Added Tools/New Snippet menu item
Added menu items for syntax specific settings and distraction free settings
Fixed performance issues with SQL and JavaScript syntax highlighting on files with long lines
shellVariables values specified in .tmPreferences files are available to snippets, fixing many Rails snippets.
Dropped files will be opened in the pane they're dropped on
Added global setting binary_file_patterns, to exclude files from Goto Anything and Find in Files
Commands may be passed as arguments via --command
Enabling scroll_past_end in Distraction Free.sublime-settings
Line highlights are disabled by default
Improved scrolling logic when working with cloned files, and resizing word wrapped files
Improved behavior of page up / page down
Improved Toggle Comment behavior on empty selections for languages without line comments
Find in Files: 'Use Buffer' is now selected by default
"New Folder" menu item can create multiple folders at once
Panel heights are stored in the session
Goto Symbol is able to display symbols with forward slashes
Fixed scenario where characters with a background color could be drawn clipped
Fixed a scenario that could result in Goto Anything rows appearing in the wrong location
Fixed Goto Line not updating the status bar
Fixed Goto Symbol not updating the status bar
Windows: Save As dialog will prompt to overwrite files
Windows: Fixed a scenario where the update notification dialog could be missed
Using a bullet, rather than an asterisk, to indicate dirty files
Theme: Tab labels fade rather than elide, and are better positioned to make use of available space
Theme: Images are reloaded on the fly
Theme: Added a 1px border to the right of the side bar
Theme: Added new classes sidebar_container, overlay_control and sheet_container_control
Theme: Minimap viewport color is themeable, via the minimap_control class
Theme: Theme specific widget settings are now used, via Widget - .sublime-settings
Theme: Buttons now use standard label controls for their text
Theme: Label controls now have properties font.face, font.size, font.bold, font.italic, shadow_color and shadow_offset
Theme: Layers now have a repeat property
Theme: Controls that used to use 'background_color' now use layers instead
API: Added window.views()
API: More strictly enforcing the main thread only usage restriction
API: show_input_panel() will run its callbacks at a time when they're able to show panels and overlays
API: Changed handling of on_query_completion results with an empty trigger
API: Added window.hwnd() (Windows only)

New in Sublime Text 2.0 Build 2076 Beta (Jul 1, 2011)

Relabeling from Alpha to Beta
Added Command Palette (Windows and Linux: Ctrl+Shift+P, OSX: Command+Shift+P)
Added Distraction Free mode (accessible via View/Enter Distraction Free Mode)
Selected text is rendered with syntax highlighting, unless the color scheme specifies a selectionForeground key
Added a progress bar when loading files
Added a key binding to wrap the selection in a tag (Windows and Linux: Alt+Shift+W, OSX: Ctrl+Shift+W)
Monokai is now the default color scheme, rather than Monokai Bright
Added a File/Close All menu item
Folders may now be dropped anywhere on the window, not just on the side bar
Improved selection and line highlight rendering
Selection border color can be customized in .tmTheme files with the selectionBorder key
Find highlight color will default to yellow if a color scheme doesn't specify one
Added encode_html_entities command (accessible via the Command Palette)
Added rot13 command (accessible via the Command Palette)
Added shift_tab_unindent setting, to force shift+tab to unindent even without a multi-line selection
Added setting ensure_newline_at_eof_on_save
Increased search limit for the Jump to Matching Bracket command
Improved auto-indent behavior in the face of mixed indentation
Improved toggle block comment on an empty selection
Tweaked auto-pairing rules
Fixed Add Line Before adding indentation on lines where there should be none
Fixed issue when using Find/Replace with back references and a reversed search direction
JavaScript: Added support for node.js shebangs
Improved the HTML completions for link and style
Shell Script: Fixed file type associations
Added Toggle Comment support for YAML
Fixed shutdown not proceeding while folders are being scanned
Fixed spell checking for words with non-ascii prefixes or suffixes
Fixed a quirk when using Goto Anything, typing, and then clearing the text box
Fixed the minimap initially showing at the wrong size on new files
Fixed a scenario where the label and close button on a tab would be in the wrong spot
Fixed a rare crash that could occur after closing a file, then changing layout
Windows: Improved support for menu hiding
Build Systems: Current directory when building will default to the file's directory if none is specified in the build system
Build Systems: result_line_regex may specify a column and message (using the 2ed and 3rd capture groups)
insert_snippet command: extra arguments passed to the command will be forwarded onto the snippet
The auto_complete command now takes an optional disable_auto_insert argument
API: Added window.show_quick_panel()
API: Added sublime.platform() and sublime.arch()
API: Added window.focus_view()
API: Improved the behavior of tab completion in conjunction with on_query_completions returning non-word triggers
API: Calling run_command() from Python will no longer bypass is_enabled() checks
API: Fixed view.replace() scrolling the view