Ctrl+M to run Makefile with Sublime+Linux
makefile, sublimetext2
Solution
This answer was almost what I needed:
Do the following steps to make Sublime Text 2 (ST2) execute `make` when you hit Ctrl + m under Linux (in my case: Linux Mint, a Debian based distribution):
- Get the path of `make` with `which make`
- Go to your ST2 user config directory `/home/[Your user name]/.config/sublime-text-2/Packages/User`
- Insert a file called `Make (Linux).sublime-build` with the content from below.
- Choose `Tools > Build System > Make (Linux)` in ST2
You might notice that ST2 has a different PATH than you have in your shell. See Sublime Text 2: custom PATH and PYTHONPATH.
Make (Linux).sublime-build
You might have to adjust `path` to your needs. I've simply put the content of `echo $PATH` in this field (which is much more than the simple example from below).
{
"cmd": ["make"],
"file_regex": "^(..[^:]*):([0-9]+):?([0-9]+)?:? (.*)$",
"working_dir": "${project_path:${folder:${file_path}}}",
"selector": "source.makefile",
"path": "/usr/bin/:/usr/local/texlive/2013/bin/i386-linux",
"variants":
[
{
"name": "Clean",
"cmd": ["make", "clean"]
},
{
"name": "Test",
"cmd": ["make", "test"]
}
]
}
Problem
I'm currently thinking about switching from Pluma (former gEdit) to Sublime Text. What I have seen so far from Sublime Text is pretty nice. I currently test Submlime Text 2 and would like it to execute `make` in the folder of the document that is currently opened when I press Ctrl + M. Is that possible? How do I do it? When I currently hit Ctrl + M it does build the LaTeX document I currently view, but it does not use my `Makefile`. That is bad, because it fails to build my main document which has a more complicated build process. After setting `Tools > Build System > Make` it runs make, but not the Makefile of the current documents folder. I've found this, but it seems to focus on OS X.