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Sublime Text Prompt to Save File

I often will have a scratch pad in ST that I then close via Ctrl-F4. It always prompts me to save it, which I find to be a pain.

Is there a setting in ST where I can either change to default of this dialog to "Close without saving", or do not even prompt me at all if it is a new file (i.e. has no name).

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Solution

  • You can set a tab to be a scratch buffer (doesn't prompt to save when closed). With the desired tab opened, open the console with Ctrl` and type:

    view.set_scratch(True)

    then hit Enter, and close the console with Esc. You can now close the tab whenever you want without being prompted. Of course, you can manually save the contents if you wish.

    If you would like to have all new buffers set to scratch by default, you'll need a plugin. Create a new Python file in Sublime with the following contents:

    import sublime
import sublime_plugin


class SetNewScratchBuffer(sublime_plugin.EventListener):
    def on_new(self, view):
        view.set_scratch(True)

    def on_save(self, view):
        view.set_scratch(False)

    Save the file as Packages/User/set_new_scratch_buffer.py where Packages is the folder opened when selecting Preferences -> Browse Packages... (~/.config/sublime-text-2/Packages on Linux with ST2). Once saved, it should automatically become active, although you can restart Sublime to make sure. Now, all new buffers created with CtrlN or File -> New File will automatically have the scratch attribute set. This will be disabled when the file is saved, so you don't accidentally destroy changes to an opened file.