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Multiple Development Environments

#1

I’m terribly sorry if this has been discussed again, but I couldn’t find such a thread either via Google or the forum search. Not sure for the category either…

I initially wrote a full essay, four paragraphs long. Instead I will keep it simple.

THE PREMISE
I work as a PHP developer, using a variety of frameworks, and I study JavaScript on my own time, exploring various libraries and frameworks as well.

THE ISSUE
I’ve found numerous plugins for ST3 that I like and use - but they are all active at the same time giving me a headache and consuming resources.

THE ASK
Is there a way to bundle and activate/deactivate packages at will, or is there a way to open Sublime in *that* configuration with the plugins I want?

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#2

Yes, you can disable packages by adding them to the ignored_packages setting. You could probably write a simple package, or find one at https://packagecontrol.io/, that could disable and enable groups of packages.

For color schemes, syntax definitions, snippets, etc this should be fine. If they are plugins that run processes, they’d have to be written in such a way that they “shut themselves down” when they are unloaded.

Are you trying to address performance issues by disabling packages? Generally with tens (to maybe a hundred) packages, you shouldn’t really have many issues.

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#3

Thank you for your reply!

I indeed lean towards creating a package for this, as I fail to express what I want with general enough terms to find a result in existing packages. It would require a bit of research however, to identify plugins that act in the way you mentioned.

The only performance issue I had was with SublimeCodeIntel, that kept loading and loading. Might have been something with my configuration of course. My main frustration comes from having autocomplete prompts that have nothing to do with what I’m working on. I “need” snippets for pure PHP, Laravel, CodeIgniter, vanilla JS, React, Angular, Express, and so on and so on. Obviously not at the same time, but I’m exploring all of these and more. The dream is to create different shortcuts(?) that open Sublime with one of my preset configurations.

I will look into how I could go about creating something that helps me with this, I wonder if there are other people experiencing it however. If I’m the only one that feels the need for it, I’m most likely doing something wrong.

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