Installation

Package Control

The recommended way to install ColorHelper is via Package Control. Package Control will install the correct branch on your system and keep it up to date.

Ensure Package Control is installed. Instructions are found here.
In Sublime Text, press ctrl + shift + p (Win, Linux) or cmd + shift + p (Mac OS) to bring up the quick panel and start typing Package Control: Install Package. Select the command and it will show a list of installable plugins.
Start typing ColorHelper; when you see it, select it.
Restart to be sure everything is loaded proper.
Enjoy!

Manual Installation

Warning

This is not the recommended way to install ColorHelper for the average user. Installing this way will not get automatically updated.

If you are forking for a pull request, you should just clone ColorHelper and run Package Control's Satisfy Dependency command to get all the dependencies.

For those who want to install ColorHelper without package control, here are the steps. It understood that some people for what ever reason will prefer manually and may even have legitimate reasons to do so. When going this route, you will have to keep all the packages updated yourself.

Download the latest releases of the following dependencies and unpack or git clone in the Packages folder as shown below:
- facelessuser/sublime-markdown-popups -> mdpopups
- https://github.com/packagecontrol/typing/issues -> typing
Download and unpack or git clone the latest ColorHelper release and unpack as ColorHelper:
- facelessuser/ColorHelper -> ColorHelper

Create a folder under Packages called 00-dependencies and under that folder create a file called 00-dependencies.py:

Copy the following code to 00-dependencies.py (this code was taken from Package Control):

import sys
import os
from os.path import dirname

if os.name == 'nt':
    from ctypes import windll, create_unicode_buffer

import sublime


if sys.version_info >= (3,):
    def decode(path):
        return path

    def encode(path):
        return path

    if os.path.basename(__file__) == 'sys_path.py':
        pc_package_path = dirname(dirname(__file__))
    # When loaded as a .sublime-package file, the filename ends up being
    # Package Control.sublime-package/Package Control.package_control.sys_path
    else:
        pc_package_path = dirname(__file__)
    st_version = u'3'

else:
    def decode(path):
        if not isinstance(path, unicode):
            path = path.decode(sys.getfilesystemencoding())
        return path

    def encode(path):
        if isinstance(path, unicode):
            path = path.encode(sys.getfilesystemencoding())
        return path

    pc_package_path = decode(os.getcwd())
    st_version = u'2'


st_dir = dirname(dirname(pc_package_path))


def add(path, first=False):
    """
    Adds an entry to the beginning of sys.path, working around the fact that
    Python 2.6 can't import from non-ASCII paths on Windows.

    :param path:
        A unicode string of a folder, zip file or sublime-package file to
        add to the path

    :param first:
        If the path should be added at the beginning
    """

    if os.name == 'nt':
        # Work around unicode path import issue on Windows with Python 2.6
        buf = create_unicode_buffer(512)
        if windll.kernel32.GetShortPathNameW(path, buf, len(buf)):
            path = buf.value

    enc_path = encode(path)

    if os.path.exists(enc_path):
        if first:
            try:
                sys.path.remove(enc_path)
            except (ValueError):
                pass
            sys.path.insert(0, enc_path)
        elif enc_path not in sys.path:
            sys.path.append(enc_path)


def remove(path):
    """
    Removes a path from sys.path if it is present

    :param path:
        A unicode string of a folder, zip file or sublime-package file
    """

    try:
        sys.path.remove(encode(path))
    except (ValueError):
        pass

    if os.name == 'nt':
        buf = create_unicode_buffer(512)
        if windll.kernel32.GetShortPathNameW(path, buf, len(buf)):
            path = buf.value
        try:
            sys.path.remove(encode(path))
        except (ValueError):
            pass


def generate_dependency_paths(name):
    """
    Accepts a dependency name and generates a dict containing the three standard
    import paths that are valid for the current machine.

    :param name:
        A unicode string name of the dependency

    :return:
        A dict with the following keys:
         - 'ver'
         - 'plat'
         - 'arch'
    """

    packages_dir = os.path.join(st_dir, u'Packages')
    dependency_dir = os.path.join(packages_dir, name)

    ver = u'st%s' % st_version
    plat = sublime.platform()
    arch = sublime.arch()

    return {
        'all': os.path.join(dependency_dir, 'all'),
        'ver': os.path.join(dependency_dir, ver),
        'plat': os.path.join(dependency_dir, u'%s_%s' % (ver, plat)),
        'arch': os.path.join(dependency_dir, u'%s_%s_%s' % (ver, plat, arch))
    }


def add_dependency(name, first=False):
    """
    Accepts a dependency name and automatically adds the appropriate path
    to sys.path, if the dependency has a path for the current platform and
    architecture.

    :param name:
        A unicode string name of the dependency

    :param first:
        If the path should be added to the beginning of the list
    """

    dep_paths = generate_dependency_paths(name)

    for path in dep_paths.values():
        if os.path.exists(encode(path)):
            add(path, first=first)

add_dependency('mdpopups')
add_dependency('typing')

Restart and enjoy.

Git Cloning

Quit Sublime Text.
Open a terminal and enter the following. For dependencies replace the URL with the appropriate URL, and the appropriate folder to check it out to:
```
cd /path/to/Sublime Text 3/Packages
git clone https://github.com/facelessuser/ColorHelper.git ColorHelper
```
Restart Sublime Text.