These are the steps needed to set up Sublime Text 2 as in the Ruby on Rails Tutorial. Instructions are for OS X; Linux and Windows users should make substitutions as necessary. (This may require web searches. Please let me know if you find something that you think should be included here.)
On OS X, you can set up subl as a command-line command like this:
$ ln -s "/Applications/Sublime Text 2.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl" ~/bin/subl
This assumes that there is a ~/bin directory on your executable path. If that isn't the case, follow the instructions on this Stack Overflow thread.
On Linux (especially Ubuntu), the command is similar to OS X; the paths differ and you must use sudo, which is required because ordinary users don't have permission to write to /usr/bin:
$ sudo ln -s ~/Applications/Sublime\ Text\ 2/sublime_text /usr/bin/subl
Alternatively, add an alias to sumblime_text in your ~/.bashrc file. This method doesn't require sudo. But it assumes you are using bash. There are similar methods available for other shells. Google is your friend.
Use any editor like gedit or vim to open ~/.bashrc.
$ gedit ~/.bashrc
Add alias subl='~/Applications/Sublime\ Text\ 2/sublime_text' at the end of the file. Save and exit.
(You may have to replace the path to sublime_text with the correct one for your system.)
On Linux Mint, take a look at Install Sublime Text 2 in Linux Mint.
On Windows, you can simply double-click the application icon. The setup at the command line depends on which shell you use; see if one of the techinques at the Stack Overflow discussion on Sublime Text from Command Line (Win7) works for you. You might also want to check out the video Easily Open Files from Windows Command Prompt with Sublime Text 2 (I suggest changing st2 to subl to be consistent with the instructions for the other platforms).
Open up Sublime Text and use the View menu to modify the following settings:
View > Hide Minimap
View > Side Bar > Hide Side Bar
View > Layout > Columns: 2
$ cd /tmp
$ git clone https://github.com/mhartl/rails_tutorial_sublime_text.git
$ cp -r rails_tutorial_sublime_text/* \
~/Library/Application\ Support/Sublime\ Text\ 2/Packages/User/
Setup on Linux is similar, but with a different target directory for cp:
$ cp -r rails_tutorial_sublime_text/* \
~/.config/sublime-text-2/Packages/User/
On Windows, the target directory is as follows:
$ cd /tmp
$ git clone https://github.com/mhartl/rails_tutorial_sublime_text.git
$ cp -r .\rails_tutorial_sublime_text\* \
'~\AppData\Roaming\Sublime Text 2\Packages\User'
Note: If using Windows Vista, 7, or 8, you should first copy all the folders and files from the remote repo into your local temporary folder located at C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Temp. Then proceed to move these same files to C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\Sublime Text 2\Packages\User.
Follow the instructions at sublime-text-haml-sass.
Select Preferences > Color Scheme > User > Railscasts
https://github.com/mhartl/rails_tutorial_snippets
https://github.com/alexstaubo/sublime_text_alternative_autocompletion
https://github.com/eddorre/SublimeERB
Follow https://github.com/maltize/sublime-text-2-ruby-tests.
Then edit the file "TestConsole.hidden-tmTheme" in the Library/Application\ Support/Sublime\ Text\ 2/Packages directory:
$ cd ~/Library/Application\ Support/Sublime\ Text\ 2/Packages/RubyTest
$ subl TestConsole.hidden-tmTheme
In that file, change
<string>#FF1493</string>
to
<string>#FF0000</string>
If you ever get the error
/bin/sh: rspec: command not found
you can simply quit Sublime Text and then restart it by typing
$ subl
(with no dot). If you are using RVM, you can prevent the problem from recurring by running
$ subl RubyTest.sublime-settings
and changing
"check_for_rvm": false,
to
"check_for_rvm": true,