Trimmer

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

Features

• 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.
• Trim whitespace from selection(s).
• Delete empty, whitespace only lines.
• Collapse multiple consecutive empty lines into one empty line.
• Collapse multiple consecutive spaces into one space.
• Trim empty, whitespace only lines at the beginning and end of file.
• Remove blank space characters.
• Normalize spaces (consecutive spaces reduced, empty lines removed and lines trimmed).
• Tokenize a string by collapsing consecutive spaces, and trimming leading and trailing spaces.
• Delete empty, whitespace only HTML and XML tags.
• Remove code comments and collapse lines.

Additional Features

A Replace Smart Characters command that performs the following actions:

• Smart single quotes: ’ to '
• Smart double quotes: “ to "
• Prime: ′ to '
• Double Prime: ″ to "
• German quotes: „ to " and ‚ to '
• Ellipsis: … to ...
• Em dash: — to ---
• En dash: – to --
• Bullet: • to *
• Middle dot: · to -
• Em space to three spaces
• En space to two spaces
• Non-breaking space to one space
• Thin space to one space
• Hair space to one space
• Left angle quote: « to <<
• Right angle quote: » to >>
• Copyright symbol: © to (C)
• Trademark symbol: ™ to (T)
• Registered trademark symbol: ® to (R)

Watch a Quick Demo

Installation

By Package Control

1. Download & Install Sublime Text 3 (https://www.sublimetext.com/3)
2. Go to the menu Tools -> Install Package Control, then, wait few seconds until the installation finishes up
3. Now, Go to the menu Preferences -> Package Control
4. Type Add Channel on the opened quick panel and press Enter
5. Then, input the following address and press Enter

   https://raw.githubusercontent.com/evandrocoan/StudioChannel/master/channel.json
   

6. Go to the menu Tools -> Command Palette... (Ctrl+Shift+P)
7. Type Preferences: Package Control Settings – User on the opened quick panel and press Enter
8. Then, find the following setting on your Package Control.sublime-settings file:

   "channels":
   [
       "https://packagecontrol.io/channel_v3.json",
       "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/evandrocoan/StudioChannel/master/channel.json",
   ],

9. And, change it to the following, i.e., put the https://raw.githubusercontent... line as first:

   "channels":
   [
       "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/evandrocoan/StudioChannel/master/channel.json",
       "https://packagecontrol.io/channel_v3.json",
   ],

   • The https://raw.githubusercontent... line must to be added before the https://packagecontrol.io... one, otherwise, you will not install this forked version of the package, but the original available on the Package Control default channel https://packagecontrol.io...
10. Now, go to the menu Preferences -> Package Control
11. Type Install Package on the opened quick panel and press Enter
12. Then, search for Trimmer and press Enter

See also:

1. ITE - Integrated Toolset Environment
2. Package control docs for details.

Usage

All commands are accessible from the Command Palette using prefix Trimmer, and in the Main Menu under Edit -> Line -> Trimmer command.

• Command Palette screenshot
• Main Menu screenshot

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

Trimmer Command API

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	selection, or entire file
trim_leading_trailing_whitespace	trim whitespace at the start and end of each line	selection, or entire file
trim_selections	trim whitespace from selection(s)	selection
delete_empty_lines	delete empty, whitespace only lines	selection, or entire file
collapse_lines	collapse multiple consecutive empty lines into one empty line	selection, or entire file
collapse_spaces	collapse multiple consecutive spaces into one space	selection, or entire file
trim_edges	trim empty, whitespace only lines at the beginning and end of the file	entire file
remove_blank_spaces	remove all blank space characters (tab, cr, ff, vt, space)	selection, or entire file
normalize_spaces	consecutive spaces reduced, empty lines removed and lines trimmed	selection, or entire file
replace_smart_characters	replace smart characters (smart quotes, em/en dash, ellipsis, nbsp)	selection, or entire file
tokenize_string	convert a string to a token by collapsing consecutive spaces, and trimming leading and trailing spaces	selection, or entire file
delete_empty_tags	delete empty, whitespace only html and xml tags	selection, or entire file
remove_comments	remove code comments and collapse lines	selection, or entire file

Author

Jon LaBelle

License

Trimmer is licensed under the MIT license.