# Editmode For Sublime Text

Editmode for Sublime is a simple plugin which adds a keyboard shortcut to Sublime Text, allowing you to instantly convert content inside to chunks - it will take the text, send it to the Editmode API which returns an identifier, and replace it with a Editmode helper. Used in conjunction with Editmode.js, it allows one to very quickly convert an existing site to be fully editable by anyone in a short space of time.

### Setup

#### 1. Install the Editmode Plugin using Package Control

#### 2. Set your authentication credentials

* Every open directory in Sublime is seen as a project. In order to

  apply project specific settings, you need to save the existing open

  project: `Project -> Save Project As`
* I would recommend saving the project file in the directory you would

  like the settings to apply to.
* Once the .sublime-project file is saved, open it and add the correct

  path and chunks authentication token

```
{
  "folders":[{ "path": "." }
  ], 
  "settings": {
    "em_authentication_token": "YOURTOKENHERE", 
    "em_default_snippet_template" : "rails_erb",
    "em_snippet_templates" : {
      "rails_erb" : "<%= chunk('{label}','{identifier}') %>"
    }
  }
}
```

#### 3. Open the project

* Close the current folder or files in Sublime, then hit "Project ->

  Open Project" and open the project you just saved.

## Usage

{% hint style="info" %}
&#x20;Select a piece of text and hit `cmd + shift + L` in any open file inside a configured Sublime project.
{% endhint %}

* The em\_authentication\_token identifies the Editmode project where

  the chunk will be saved to. You can find this in your Editmode

  account.
* The plugin adds a keyboard shortcut (CMD+SHIFT+L) which you can use

  with any open file in a project where you have already specified

  your em\_authentication\_token.
* Select the text you'd like to replace, then hit the keyboard

  shortcut, and Sublime will send the text to the configured Editmode

  project, and add a view helper in it's place. (Currently this uses

  the rails view helper syntax, but this can be configured in time as

  we add more rendering plugins).


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