Sublime Text 2 build command ignores the shebang

Question

The Sublime text 2.0.1 (Mac OSX) build command ignores the shebang line a the top of my python file. The shebang line has the full path to my python 3.2 installation :

#!/usr/local/bin/python3

However the python version being used is always 2.7.2. I'm maintaining code for both 2.7 and 3.2 and so must rely on the shebang line to be used.

Is there a way to configure the Sublime text 2 build system to look at the shebang?

Answer 1

Sublime does not use the shebang to determine the execution, it uses your build rule. You could customize the Python build rule to add variants for python2 and python3.

• Official instructions for adding build variants.
• Simplified example of build variants from another SO question.

Note that with build variants, the default is run by Command+B (Mac) or Control+B (Windows and Linux). The second variant can be run Command+Shift+B (Mac) or Control+Shift+B (Windows and Linux).

Answer 2

Have a look at Sublime Text Shebang plugin.

It adds a few commands that allow to run scripts, based on the shebang line, but the output will be placed on a new buffer, not in the console.