Trimmer

Trimmer is a Sublime Text plug-in for cleaning up whitespace.

• Trim whitespace at the end of each line.
• Trim whitespace at the start of each line.
• Trim whitespace at the start and end of each line.
• Delete empty, whitespace only lines.

Compatibility

Trimmer is compatible with both Sublime Text 2 and Sublime Text 3, on all OS platforms (OS X, Windows and Linux).

Installing

Package Control

If you have Package Control installed, simply navigate to:

• Tools
  • Command Palette...
  • Package Control: Install Package
    • type the word Trimmer

Git

To install Trimmer using Git, change to your Sublime Text Packages directory, and clone the Trimmer repository.

# on OS X... cd to your Packages directory and clone the Git repository
cd ~/Library/Application\ Support/Sublime\ Text\ 3/Packages/ &&
    git clone https://github.com/jonlabelle/Trimmer

Manually

You can also manually install Trimmer.

Download and extract the zip file to your Packages directory. Listed below are the default Sublime Text Packages directories by platform.

# OS X
~/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text [2|3]/Packages

# Linux
~/.Sublime Text [2|3]/Packages

# Windows
%APPDATA%/Sublime Text [2|3]/Packages

NOTE: replace the [2|3] part above with the appropriate Sublime Text major version of your install.

Usage

Key Bindings

The default key binding will trim trailing whitespace at the end of each of line (entire file).

• OS X: Ctrl + S
• Linux: Ctrl + Alt + S
• Windows: Ctrl + Alt + S

Commands

All commands are accessible from the Command Palette and prefixed with Trimmer:.

Trimmer Sublime Text Command Reference

command	description	context
trimmer	trim whitespace at the end of each line	entire file
trim_leading_whitespace	trim whitespace at the start of each line	selected lines, or entire file
trim_leading_trailing_whitespace	trim whitespace at the start and end of each line	selected lines, or entire file
delete_empty_lines	delete empty, whitespace only lines	selected lines, or entire file

Author

• Jon LaBelle