Settings

File Settings

  • .tm_properties
  • Recording defaults (Global.tmProperties)
  • Section selectors: scope selector or glob. Multiple values.
  • Precedence.

The grammar used to parse the .tm_properties files are as below. Whitespace (in the form of spaces or tabs) is allowed between elements.

file:          ( «line» )*
line:          ( «comment» | ( «section» | «assignment» )? ( «comment» )? ) ( '\n' | EOF )
section:       '[' «name» ( ";" «name» )* ']'
name:          ( /[^\] \t\n]/ | /\\[\] \t\n\\]/ )+
assignment:    «key» '=' «value»
key:           ( /[^= \t\n]/ | /\\[= \t\n\\]/ )+
value:         ( «single_string» | «double_string» | «bare_string» )
single_string: "'" ( /[^']/ | /\\['\\]/ )* "'"
double_string: '"' ( /[^"]/ | /\\["\\]/ )* '"'
bare_string:   ( /[^ \t\n]/ | /\\[ \t\n\\]/ )+
comment:       '#' ( /[^\n]/ )*

Filtering Files

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Scope Settings

  • Pattern based highlight pairs (for movement)
  • Indent based foldings
  • Character classes (for completion, word movement, etc.)
  • Indented soft wrap

Hidden Settings

  • line height, anti-alias, extended attributes, etc.

Key Bindings

  • Location of key binding files
  • Keybinding syntax
  • Indent aware movement actions
  • Find and extend selection actions