I have the Atom editor and was wondering how you can open a file or folder from the terminal in Atom. I am using a Mac. I am looking for a way to do this:

    atom . (opens folder)
    
    atom file.js (opens file)
    
    atom (opens editor)

Is this possible and how do I set it up?


How can I open the Atom editor from the command line in OS X?

How do you auto-indent your code in the Atom editor? In other editors you can usually select some code and auto-indent it. 

Is there a keyboard shortcut as well?

How to auto-indent code in the Atom editor?

Github announced [Atom](https://atom.io/) which is very similar to Sublime. Even some keyboard shortcuts like &lt;kbd&gt;⌘ + P&lt;/kbd&gt;, &lt;kbd&gt;⌘ + Shift + P&lt;/kbd&gt; etc. are same.  

1. How is Atom different from Sublime?  
2. Does it include IDE features like build tools, function definition jumps, documentations, etc.?
3. Has anyone using Sublime got a Beta invitation to point out the differences?
4. Can I use the themes, schemes and packages from Sublime as is, like Sublime could do with **text mate**.

![Atom Shell](http://i.stack.imgur.com/0AZmH.png)[1]


  [1]: http://i.stack.imgur.com/0AZmH.png

PS: Open image in new tab for bigger resolution.

What is the difference between Sublime text and Github&#39;s Atom

below is what I need to do.

 &gt; To run the specs, you&#39;ll need to install RSpec. First, run `gem install bundler` in the root directory of your project. Then, run `bundle install`. To run a single spec file, run a command like this: `bundle exec rspec spec/00_hello_spec.rb`. To run all of the specs at once, run `bundle exec rspec`.

So, I typed `gem install bundler` in Terminal, and got the error:

 &gt; You don&#39;t have write permissions for the /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.3.0 directory.

and this was in the project file in atom

```
source &quot;https://rubygems.org&quot;
gem &quot;rspec&quot;, &quot;~&gt; 3.2.0&quot;
```

My question is:

It seems like terminal is giving me the response because I&#39;m not supposed to change anything on ruby, and I need to `bundle install` inside of atom? Could anyone tell me how to use atom or run anything in atom?

You don&#39;t have write permissions for the /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.3.0 directory. (mac user)

I would like to format my HTML with a command, as I do in Visual Studio, using &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;K&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;D&lt;/kbd&gt;.  Is this possible in [Atom][1]? If not, are there other options?


  [1]: https://atom.io/

Is there a command for formatting HTML in the Atom editor?

I haven&#39;t been able to figure this out yet. Atom seems to use spaces as the default indentation mode. I prefer to have tabs instead though. Sublime Text has built in functionality for switching and converting indentation.

Anyone found out how to change the indentation mode of Atom?

Some screenshots from Sublime Text:

![Sublime Text indentation menu open][1]
![Sublime text indentation menu][2]


  [1]: http://i.stack.imgur.com/IZC1E.png
  [2]: http://i.stack.imgur.com/Fujwp.png

How to change indentation mode in Atom?

I have been moving from Webstorm and RubyMine to Atom and I really miss a feature from the Jetbrains editors where you select a code block and press &lt;kbd&gt;CMD&lt;/kbd&gt; + &lt;kbd&gt;-&lt;/kbd&gt; and it adds language specific comment character(s) to the beginning of each line. (`#` for ruby. `//` for js, `/*` for css etc.).

Is there a built in shortcut for Atom or a package which provides this feature?


Commenting out code blocks in Atom

What underlying technologies/libraries is Microsoft&#39;s new *(free)* cross platform editor **[Visual Studio Code][1]** *(Launched 5/29/2015)*  built on? There are rumors that it&#39;s just Github&#39;s Atom Editor rebranded. 


  [1]: https://code.visualstudio.com/

What is the Visual Studio Code editor built on

Is there an easy way to do this? On Aptana I used &lt;kbd&gt;Control&lt;/kbd&gt;+click and I wish there was a way to do something similar on Atom.

How can I jump to class/method definition in Atom text editor?

I want to search and replace this

    `https://example.com/`{.uri}

to 

    [https://example.com/](https://example.com/)

With `vim` I would do a `s/`\(http.*\)`{.uri}/[\1](\1)/g` but that doesn&#39;t work with `atom.io`. How can I solve this?

Search and Replace with RegEx components in Atom editor

I use `Sublime text`. Now I am trying `Atom`. When I save any file in sublime text it does not include any trailing blank line. But saving any file in `Atom` leaves a trailing blank line. How do I force `Atom` not to leave trailing white spaces?

Atom text editor remove trailing whitespace on save

What is the keyboard shortcut to convert the currently selected text to uppercase (or lowercase) in the Atom editor?

Keyboard shortcut to convert selection to uppercase (or lowercase) in the atom editor

I am very new to Github Atom editor. It always shows hidden files such as `.git`, `.sass` in the side pane.

How to hide hidden files(dot files) in atom editor&#39;s side pane.


Hide hidden(dot) files in github atom editor

How to open the terminal in Atom? Do I need to install a plug-in? 

If possible, I also would like to know how to use shortcut keys to open the terminal.

How to open the terminal in Atom?

Is there a way (plugin or something) to use split screen in the Atom Editor?

I&#39;ve looked inside the menus, but I can&#39;t find any related options.

Split Screen in Atom Editor

Is there a shortcut or a command to select word under cursor in Sublime Text or Atom? I want a replacement for double-click. So I could press shortcut instead and get selection on a current word and start typing to replace it or get in quotes etc...

Is there a shortcut for selecting word under cursor in Sublime Text, Atom

The menu in Atom text editor is gone. I dont know how I disabled it. I tried F1-12 keys. How do I re enable it? Here&#39;s how it&#39;s looking now:

![screenshot](http://i.imgur.com/p07a8Uz.png)

Atom menu is missing. How do I re-enable

In Sublime, we have an easy and convent way to run Python or almost any language for that matter using &lt;kbd&gt;⌘&lt;/kbd&gt; + &lt;kbd&gt;b&lt;/kbd&gt; (or &lt;kbd&gt;ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt; + &lt;kbd&gt;b&lt;/kbd&gt;)

Where the code will run in a small window below the source code and can easily be closed with the escape key when no longer needed.

Is there a way to replicate this functionally with Github&#39;s atom editor?

Running Python from Atom

[![enter image description here][1]][1]
I searched around the net and the solutions are too complicated. Is there any easy way to get rid of the &quot;Welcome Guide&quot; Screen?


  [1]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/HRxyT.png

How to get rid of Atom&#39;s Welcome screen

i was reading the documentation looking for a way to cleanly uninstall Atom from my linux OS, but i didn&#39;t find anything related.

Is there a set of directories to delete? or maybe an script to run?

Thanks for the attention

How to uninstall Atom text editor on Linux?

I am using atom, and I&#39;ve tried several different jshint packages and they all give a warning which says 

    &quot;template literal syntax&#39; is only available in ES6 (use &#39;esversion: 6&#39;)&quot;

I created a top level .jshintrc file (at root), and added the following json:

    {
      &quot;esversion&quot;:6
    }

However, it is still throwing the same error. Any ideas how to resolve. I&#39;ve included the link to the [JSHint options][1] page. I&#39;d like to start playing around with ES6 syntax, but would prefer not to have extra warnings.

Thanks SO community!


  [1]: http://jshint.com/docs/options/

ES6 in JShint - .jshintrc has esversion, but still getting warning (using atom)

What is the best way to upgrade atom on Linux Ubuntu ?
I install atom using official doc

      git clone https://github.com/atom/atom
      cd atom
      script/build
      sudo script/grunt install

How to upgrade Atom Editor on Linux?

Started using [Atom][1] for Python/Django development and would like to hide all the `*.pyc` files from sidebar. 

How to configure it?


  [1]: https://atom.io/

How to hide *pyc files in atom editor

Is there a way to run `git commit` and `git push` in the Atom editor?

I read this blog post but could not find that mentioned: http://blog.atom.io/2014/03/13/git-integration.html

How can I run `git commit` and `git push` in atom?

Is it possible to copy Atom from one Mac to another, including all installed packages, settings etc?

How to share/transfer an Atom installation (packages and settings) from one Mac to another?

I just downloaded the GitHub Atom Editor and I&#39;m customizing it.

But I couldn&#39;t remove the line that is the middle of the editor.

![Line in the middle of the screen.][1]


  [1]: http://i.stack.imgur.com/BTggX.png

Anyone help me out how to remove that line?

GitHub Atom - Remove the center line in the editor

I have used Sublime for years and am trying out Atom for the first time.

How can I move a single line or selected block up or down by one line? In sublime I could do this with &lt;kbd&gt;ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;shift&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;Up&lt;/kbd&gt;, but that doesn&#39;t seem to work in Atom. Any ideas?

Command to move line up or down in Atom Editor

As I started working with Atom text editor, I used tab-indentation but want to change to 4-space-indentation.

I have several files that should be updated accordingly

What would be the easiest way to do it?

How to replace tabs with spaces in Atom?

How to exclude node_modules folder from Atom searches &quot;Find in project&quot; after you have put node_modules inside your .gitignore file? Does atom require that the project actually has a git repository, or should the .gitignore be enough for Atom to exclude the folder?

My .gitignore looks like this:

    .DS_STORE
    *.log

    node_modules

    dist
    coverage

Atom exclude node_modules folder from search

Some code editors, such as WebStorm, have an option to auto-save when the editor loses focus. I&#39;ve searched for an option like this in the Atom Editor but haven&#39;t found anything yet.

Does the Atom Editor have a setting that allows for auto-save of edited files when it loses focus? If so, where can this be set? If not, how would one go about writing a plug-in that does that?

Auto-save in Atom Editor

I am using [Electron][1] to make a desktop app. In my app I am loading a an external site (outside Atom app) lets say http://mydummysite/index.html page.

Here is the structure of my app in [Atom Editor][2]:

[![enter image description here][3]][3]

i.e it is having following parts:

 1. `main.js`  
 2. `package.json`
 3. `nodemodules&gt;jquery` (to load jquery)
 
Source code:

main.js:

       &#39;use strict&#39;;
        
        var app = require(&#39;app&#39;);
        
        app.on(&#39;ready&#39;, function() {
          var BrowserWindow = require(&#39;browser-window&#39;);
        
          var win = 
          new BrowserWindow({ width: 800, height: 600, show: false, 
                   &#39;node-integration&#39;:true });
          win.on(&#39;closed&#39;, function() {
            win = null;
          });
        
          win.loadUrl(&#39;http://mydummysite/index.html &#39;);
          win.show();
        });

package.json:

    {
      &quot;name&quot;: &quot;my-mac-app&quot;,
      &quot;version&quot;: &quot;5.2.0&quot;,
      &quot;description&quot;: &quot;My Mac Desktop App&quot;,
      &quot;main&quot;: &quot;main.js&quot;,
      &quot;scripts&quot;: {
        &quot;start&quot;: &quot;electron .&quot;
      },
      &quot;author&quot;: &quot;Me&quot;,
      &quot;license&quot;: &quot;ISC&quot;,
      &quot;dependencies&quot;: {
        &quot;jquery&quot;: &quot;^2.1.4&quot;
      }
    }

External page - http://mydummysite/index.html page code:

    &lt;!DOCTYPE html&gt;
    &lt;html&gt;
      &lt;head&gt;
      &lt;/head&gt;
      &lt;body&gt;
        &lt;h1&gt;Hello World!&lt;/h1&gt;
    
      &lt;/body&gt;
    &lt;script&gt;
    
       var jqr=require(&#39;jquery&#39;);
    
    &lt;/script&gt;
    &lt;/html&gt;

When I run the above app (by dragging the application folder to Electron) the external page (http://mydummysite/index.html) loads in Electron shell
but with the error 

&gt; Uncaught Error: Cannot find module &#39;jquery&#39;

[![enter image description here][4]][4]

Can you help me finding the cause of this issue?

As you can see in my screenshot of directory structure I have alread installed jquery module to my folder and I did it via `npm install jquery` command. 

Note: To play with `require` command in JS I tried adding `require(&quot;ipc&quot;)` in my external page http://mydummysite/index.html page and it was working so what could be the reason with `require(&quot;jquery&quot;)`. 

Did I add external module (jquery) in correct way in Electron?

Am I missing some dependency in `package.json`?

**What I have already tried:**

 - `npm cache clean`, `npm install jquery` (to my app folder) 
 - `npm install --save jquery `
 - `npm install jquery -g`
 - `npm rebuild`
 - `sudo npm install jquery -g`
 - `sudo npm install jquery`
 - `export NODE_PATH=/usr/local/lib/node_modules`

Here is the screenshot of the location from where the error is thrown in `module.js`

[![enter image description here][5]][5]

Can someone suggest why `require(&quot;ipc&quot;)` is working and `require(&quot;jquery&quot;)` not? 

My goal is to use jQuery with electron app with node-integration true.

  [1]: https://github.com/atom/electron
  [2]: https://atom.io/
  [3]: http://i.stack.imgur.com/1Dbx2.png
  [4]: http://i.stack.imgur.com/jieUE.png
  [5]: http://i.stack.imgur.com/xgLKg.png

Uncaught Error: Cannot find module &#39;jquery&#39;

I have recently started using Atom editor. Its pretty great so far. I am planning to install it on several other machines.

How can I replicate the config and list of packages installed on my current machine to other machines. Is there a config that I can use to export and import them on other machines.



How to save Atom editor config and list of packages installed

I found [Atom][1] editor as good free alternative to Sublime text editor. Not able to find a straightforward way to run a program in Atom editor. In my case, I am trying to run a java program. Please let me know if it&#39;s possible? If yes, please describe the steps to follow. 

  [1]: https://atom.io

How to run a program in Atom Editor?

I want my .ejs files to have html syntax, however, it always opens the files as Plain Text.  

In sublime you can choose &quot;Open all with current extension as...&quot; then choose your syntax.

![sublime text3 syntax][1]

I see that you can change the syntax in the left bottom corner![syntax change][2]


How do you open files with a certain type with a specific syntax? 


  [1]: http://i.stack.imgur.com/T5zBq.png
  [2]: http://i.stack.imgur.com/k5FJW.png

How do I make a default syntax by filetype in Atom text editor?

[![Animated GIF showing input being typed into an editor. The letter &#39;a&#39; is on six separate lines. The lines are all selected. The text &quot;my repetitive task 1&quot; is typed and appears on all six lines at the same time. The 1 on line 2 is changed to 2, the 1 on line 3 is changed to 3 and so on.][1]][1]

I find myself doing this over and over again. It can be pretty time consuming. What options are available for this?

  [1]: http://i.stack.imgur.com/iMUCL.gif

Is there a way to increment numbers when using multiple cursors in Atom?

How can i fix this error, I&#39;m running Windows 10

When i try to **npm run build** on the cmd i get this error

    C:\Users\anai_&gt; npm run build
    npm ERR! missing script: build

Here is the log of the run

    0 info it worked if it ends with ok
    1 verbose cli [ &#39;C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe&#39;,
    1 verbose cli   &#39;C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js&#39;,
    1 verbose cli   &#39;run&#39;,
    1 verbose cli   &#39;build&#39; ]
    2 info using npm@5.5.1
    3 info using node@v9.1.0
    4 verbose config Skipping project config: C:\Users\anai_/.npmrc. (matches userconfig)
    5 verbose stack Error: missing script: build
    5 verbose stack     at run (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\run-script.js:151:19)
    5 verbose stack     at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\run-script.js:61:5
    5 verbose stack     at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\read-package-json\read-json.js:115:5
    5 verbose stack     at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\read-package-json\read-json.js:402:5
    5 verbose stack     at checkBinReferences_ (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\read-package-json\read-json.js:357:45)
    5 verbose stack     at final (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\read-package-json\read-json.js:400:3)
    5 verbose stack     at then (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\read-package-json\read-json.js:160:5)
    5 verbose stack     at ReadFileContext.&lt;anonymous&gt; (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\read-package-json\read-json.js:332:20)
    5 verbose stack     at ReadFileContext.callback (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\graceful-fs\graceful-fs.js:78:16)
    5 verbose stack     at FSReqWrap.readFileAfterOpen [as oncomplete] (fs.js:437:13)
    6 verbose cwd C:\Users\anai_
    7 verbose Windows_NT 10.0.15063
    8 verbose argv &quot;C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe&quot; &quot;C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js&quot; &quot;run&quot; &quot;build&quot;
    9 verbose node v9.1.0
    10 verbose npm  v5.5.1
    11 error missing script: build
    12 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

Although the error refers to a **missing script build**, i have placed a &#39;build&#39; script in my package.json

    {
      &quot;name&quot;: &quot;es6&quot;,
      &quot;version&quot;: &quot;1.0.0&quot;,
      &quot;main&quot;: &quot;index.js&quot;,
      &quot;scripts&quot;: {
        &quot;build&quot;: &quot;webpack&quot;
      },
      &quot;keywords&quot;: [],
      &quot;author&quot;: &quot;&quot;,
      &quot;license&quot;: &quot;ISC&quot;,
      &quot;devDependencies&quot;: {
        &quot;webpack&quot;: &quot;^3.8.1&quot;
      }
    
    }

and this is my webpack.config.js file

    module.exports = {
      entry: [&#39;./app/index.js&#39;],
      output: {
        path: &#39;./build&#39;,
        filename: &#39;bundle.js&#39;
    
      }
    }

Can anyone tell me how to fix this error or where it is coming from. I am new to using node.js, webpack and the command line. Thanks in advance for your time!



Using &quot;npm run build&quot; fails with &quot;npm ERR! missing script: build&quot;

In Atom Editor I installed the following plugins

 1. linter 
 2. linter-eslint

It seems they don&#39;t recognize the JSX syntaxis. 

I have it working on the command line but had to use other plugins like `esprima-fb` and `eslint-plugin-react`. Looks like there are no such plugins for Atom Editor and would like to know if anyone of you knows a way to hack around this.

How to config ESLint for React on Atom Editor

I&#39;m new to Atom, the text edit, and I installed many packages, including Linter

https://github.com/AtomLinter/Linter

But it&#39;s not showing errors or highlighting code, it&#39;s just getting ignored. 

Do any of you know what I should do to get this to work?

Can&#39;t get Atom Linter to work

How can I disable a single key binding such as &lt;kbd&gt;ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;-&lt;kbd&gt;alt&lt;/kbd&gt;-&lt;kbd&gt;=&lt;/kbd&gt; in Atom?

I&#39;m using the QWERTZ keyboard layout, so that I execute `pane:increase-size` when I type a &#39;\&#39;. 

Atom - disable single key binding

Trying to get a bit more functionality out of Atom&#39;s spell checker and right now the false positives are making it less than useful.

How can I add a word to Atom&#39;s dictionary so it no longer shows up as misspelled? 

How to add words to Atom&#39;s spell checker dictionary?

In Atom, If I activate regex mode on the search-and-replace tool, it can find newlines as `\n`, but when I try to replace them, they&#39;re still there.  

Is there no way to replace a newline-spanning string in Atom?

How do I replace a newline in Atom?

I&#39;m trying to select all of the results found by a regex find so I can modify them all (*not replace them with text!*), for example, making them all uppercase with `Cmd + K -&gt; Cmd + U`. I&#39;m aware that I *could* do them one by one via repeating `Cmd + G, Cmd + K, Cmd + U`, but for a large file this simply isn&#39;t practical or realistic. I&#39;m also aware of using bash and may other scripting alternatives, I&#39;d like to find a way to do it inside Atom, I&#39;m happy to install an external library if needed.

[![Example of selection][1]][1]

Things I&#39;ve tried:

 1. `Cmd + D`, this just selects the next instance of that exact letter, not the next result matching the regex.
 2. `Cmd + Shift + G` and alternatives (alt/right shift/ctrl), `Cmd + G` selects the next result matching the Regex, which is in the right direction.
 3. Changing all of the selected text to a unique string, highlighting them all, pressing `Cmd + Z` and hoping it will stay selected, it doesn&#39;t.
 4. Lots of Googling and reading though [Atom discussions](https://discuss.atom.io/t/multiple-selections/755/2).
 5. Reading [Atom&#39;s documentation on the subject](https://atom.io/docs/v0.194.0/using-atom-find-and-replace)


  [1]: http://i.stack.imgur.com/EVmIS.png

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