How to insert a column of increasing numbers in Sublime Text 2?

Question

text text text text 

after the editing, those text becomes to

1 text 2 text 3 text 4 text 

It's easy in Notepad ++ with the Column Editor， but I don't know how to do the same in Sublime Text 2.

Answer 1

The Text Pastry plugin does the job very well. It offers the Insert Numbers Syntax.

Select multiple lines with CMD+SHIFT+L (Sublime default):

   text|    text|    text|    text| 

Move the cursor where you want it:

 | text  | text  | text  | text 

And insert numbers with Text Pastry by hitting CMD+ALT+N and entering 1 space 1 space 0:

 1| text  2| text  3| text  4| text 

Where 1 space 1 space 0 stands for:

• Integer to start with 1
• Increment by 1
• Padd leading zeros 0

Replace CMD with CTRL on Windows or Linux machines.

Answer 2

copy of this post https://stackoverflow.com/a/64083371/5902698

You want to had a number at each row that you have selected, but not the same. For exemple, you select 5 cursors and you want to write 1 2 3 4 5.

select your 5 cursors (maybe you can use the shortcut ctrl + shift + L)

ctrl + maj + P and select arithmetic

Because you have 5 cursors, it propose 1 2 3 4 5

If you want you can change your step of iteration

Or start from an other number than 1

Add even numbers