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Really Confused, moving from ST2 to ST3

#1

I’m quite confused about how to get some property list files (built using AAAPackageDev in ST2) over to ST3, both portable versions.

I discovered that I could no longer launch ST2 after ST3 was released, so I reluctantly moved over to ST3. However, I’ve had trouble installing AAAPackageDev. So I tried installing Package Control both into Data/Installed Packages and just Packages, using this command:

git clone -b python3 https://github.com/wbond/sublime_package_control/"Package Control"

Which clones the repository successfully, but after relaunching Sublime Text 3, I have no Package Control options in the command palette.

I feel rather daft and quite clueless about what I am doing. The end game is to get my custom syntax highlighting working again, everything in between is just making my brain hurt.

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#2

I’m guessing you got an expired message. Have you tried updating to 2.0.2? As for ST3, are there any error messages in the console? You want “Package Control” to be in the “Packages” directory like it is in ST2. It’s probably worth mentioning that not all plugins were ported to ST3, so if you blindly install, things may not work as you intended. Doubt this is a complete list, but you can refer to github.com/wbond/sublime_packag … e-Packages for a reference. Feel free to update the page if you find packages that are or are not compatible.

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#3

Thanks skuroda, you were right. I interpreted “new version” as an upgrade from “2” to “3”, and did not realize a new version for ST2 had been released. I’ve installed the new version, and ST2 is running again with my syntax highlighting.

I would still eventually like to move to ST3, though. AAAPackageDev isn’t on the “working” or “not working” lists yet. However, I don’t feel competent enough in my own understanding of why I was unable to get it to work to list it as “not working”. From what I understand, AAAPackageDev just provides a convenient way to transfer JSON snippets into XML files that are used by Sublime Text for highlighting. Do most people normally bypass this extra step and just write the XML files?

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#4

As far as I know, AAAPackageDev was not ported to ST3. That being said, I use PlistJsonConverter for my conversion. That is ST3 compatible, but you have to use the ST3 branch. Through package control, you can add github.com/facelessuser/PlistJs … r/tree/ST3 as a repository. Then install normally. It should grab the ST3 branch rather than master.

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