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start sublime from windows CLI
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start_sublimetext2_from_command_line
Step 1: Right click the "My Computer" icon on your desktop,
or start up menu and click the properties tab.
Step 2: Click the advanced tab and then click the Environment
Variables tab (should be at the bottom of the advanced page)
Step 3: Under system variables click "New" Add the variable
name: "SUBLIME" and value of "C:\Program Files\Sublime Text 2\"
(please note this could vary depending on your install location)
Then click "Okay"
Step 4: Find the "Path" variable under the system variables,
most likely you already have something in the "Path" value.
You can click edit and add "%SUBLIME%" without the "", if you
have something already in the "Path" just add a ";" before
adding so it should look like this: "C:\whatever;%SUBLIME%"
Step 5: restart the command line, and type "sublime", this
will launch the Sublime Text 2 editor.
Pro tip: if you want to shorten the sublime command you can
rename your sublime.exe to subl.exe, restart command line and
type "subl" this will now launch the text editor.
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