A Sublime Text plugin that automatically saves the current file after every keystroke.
In the occasion where you'd want Sublime Text to save the current file after each keystroke, you can use this plugin. It was created because I wanted to make a screencast that shows live editing of HTML/CSS along side by side with the changes in the browser. It's easy to use Javascript to reload the browers every second, but I did not want to manually save the file after every keystroke.
Here is a screencast of me editing HTML and CSS with the plugin.
AutoSave is available through Sublime Package Control and is the recommended way to install.
Alternatively, you may install via GitHub by cloning this repository into the Packages
directory under Sublime Text's data directory:
On Mac:
cd ~/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text 3/Packages
git clone https://github.com/jamesfzhang/auto-save.git
By default, AutoSave is disabled because it is a fairly invasive plugin. To enable it, you must do the first bind the command to turn the plugin on or off. Open "Preferences / Key Bindings - User" and add:
{ "keys": ["ctrl+shift+s"], "command": "auto_save" }With this setting, pressing Ctrl + Shift + S will turn the plugin on or off. A status message will be displayed in the Sublime Status Bar each time the plugin is turned on or off.
AutoSave was created and maintained by James Zhang. Give him a shoutout at @jamesfzhang if you have comments or questions.