Sublime Text / subl：从命令行在特定组中打开文件

Question

I want to open a file from command-line (using subl or other means) in Sublime Text, but it always opens in currently active group.

How do I open it in specific group?

I see no option in subl for it and running command like focusGroup 0 but that too doesn't work.

Use case: I use ST with TerminalView plugin, so first group has all files to edit and second group has bash terminal open. Idea is to open a file in first group through command line in terminal (second group). As of now the file opens in second group.

Answer 1

To achieve this, we need to find what the correct command is to focus the first group. In ST, from the View menu, select Show Console, and then enter sublime.log_commands(True) Enter , followed by focusing group 1 from the menu: View -> Focus Group -> Group 1. We will see the following in the console:

command: focus_group { "group": 0 }

Now, to run this command from the command line:

subl --command "focus_group { \"group\": 0 }"

Then, to open the file:

subl /path/to/file

This can be shortened to:

subl --command "focus_group { \"group\": 0 }" && subl /path/to/file

But trying to shorten it to one subl invocation will open the file before running the command, meaning it will open in group 2, then switch focus to group 1.