How to restart sublime text

Question

I'd like to know if there is an option on Sublime text to close and re open, for using after installing some plugin or in bug case.. I've been searching but I couldn't find anything... Thanks.

What do you mean? Can't you just close and open it with with red x in the corner? — Mark Skelton, Feb 23 '17 at 00:14
Yes, I can, but being an awesome tool I though sublime had that option... — Zacarías Samaniego, Feb 23 '17 at 17:56
I was under the impression Sublime had such functionality after seeing the following message from SublimeLinter: "SublimeLinter has been installed or upgraded. Please restart Sublime Text.". Apparently not. — Andrew Grimm, Apr 29 '18 at 23:00

score 12 · Answer 1 · answered May 31 '17 at 01:16

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You can use the Restart plugin/package in Sublime Text 2 as well as Sublime Text 3. Install it from Package Control's package install in your sublime text.

After installing Restart, simply press F5 key or use File > Restart option.

Note: To open package control use Ctrl/Command + Shift + P.

answered May 31 '17 at 01:16

Prashant Singhal

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Thank you so much! – Zacarías Samaniego Jun 01 '17 at 14:39
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Just to be more specific: Ctrl/Command + Shift + P>Package Control: Install Package>Search Restart>Enter – Mayuresh Srivastava Aug 28 '17 at 18:29
Im not seeing this Restart package when searching in PackageControl. – whisk Oct 12 '17 at 23:10
The package installed fine in Sublime Text 4, but it doesn't work. [This does, however](https://stackoverflow.com/a/74452976/4561887). – Gabriel Staples Nov 15 '22 at 22:36

bitwhys · Answer 2 · 2018-06-02T19:14:42.633

From the Restart Git repo: Removal of key maps

After an initial install the shortcut key ,F5, freezes the application. As the above illustrates this is because the key bindings have been removed (why? I couldn't find any conflicts). To fix this add the following to your keymap file:

{"keys": ["f5"], "command": "restart"},

Using the documentation as a guide you can add this to the Command Palette by editing or creating a file 'file_name.sublime-commands' anywhere under sublime-text-3/Packages/ and adding the following to it (Use what ever value for caption you like)

{ "caption": "Restart", "command": "restart" }

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 15 '22 at 22:32

How to upgrade and restart Sublime Text from the command-line in Linux Ubuntu, with no special Sublime packages installed

I hate the idea of having to install a whole package just to "restart" Sublime.

So, here's what I do, from a regular terminal command-line. Tested on Ubuntu 20.04 with Sublime Text 4:

# How to "restart" Sublime Text

# 1. kill it
pkill sublime
# 2. start it up again
subl

I had 6 windows open, with a bunch of tabs in each, before running pkill. After "restarting" sublime like this, all 6 windows were back open again, with all of their same tabs as before, just as though I had restarted my computer.

Bonus:

Restarting Sublime is required after upgrading it. So, here are my 3 commands to upgrade and restart. This assumes you already followed the instructions here to install Sublime Text in the first place using apt on Ubuntu.

# upgrade Sublime Text to the latest version
sudo apt udpate
sudo apt install sublime-text

# Now restart sublime text
pkill sublime
subl

How to restart sublime text

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How to upgrade and restart Sublime Text from the command-line in Linux Ubuntu, with no special Sublime packages installed