![Gno.land Logo](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/qxk0xu5zp59l1pqb4qha.png) > Gnolang (Gno) is an interpretation of the widely-used Golang (Go) programming language for blockchain created by Cosmos co-founder Jae Kwon in 2022 to mark a new era in smart contracting. - [About the Gnolang, the Gno Language](https://medium.com/r/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgno.land%2Fgnolang) --- When you first open a Gno file in [Sublime Text](https://www.sublimetext.com/), you'll see something like the screenshot below: a simple plain-text file. No syntax highlighting or fancy language-specific intelligence features that you're probably used to.

While it would be easy enough to simply assign the Go syntax to the `.gno` extension (super+shift+p -> `Set Syntax: Go`), this has the undesirable effect of instructing Sublime Text to treat `.gno` files *as* `.go` files -- meaning it assumes that all Go-related tooling (`go test`, `gopls`, etc.) works when it actually doesn't. Instead, we want to teach Sublime Text to understand `.gno` files as a standalone filetype and how to make use of its own tooling. ## Step 1: Install the `Gno` package

`super+shift+p` -> `Package Control: Install Package` -> `Gno`

The [Gno](https://packagecontrol.io/packages/Gno) package provides syntax highlighting for `.gno`, `gno.mod`, and `gno.sum` files. ![Gno file with syntax highlighting](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/otnmuj6phauj6tyzcess.png) After installing the package and re-opening the buffer, you'll see some nice syntax highlighting. ## Step 2: Install the `LSP-gnols` package > **NOTE:** Before completing this step, you'll need to install the [Terminus](https://packagecontrol.io/packages/Terminus) and [LSP](https://packagecontrol.io/packages/LSP) packages (if you haven't already). [`LSP-gnols`](https://packagecontrol.io/packages/LSP-gnols) is a package for [`gnols`](https://github.com/jdkato/gnols), an implementation of the [Language Server Protocol](https://microsoft.github.io/language-server-protocol/).

`super+shift+p` -> `Package Control: Install Package` -> `LSP-gnols`

After installing the package, you'll need to provide a few configuration values. Go to `Settings` -> `Package Settings` -> `LSP` -> `Servers` -> `LSP-gnols` and fill in the following: ```json { "settings": { "gno": "...", "root": "..." } } ``` where `gno` is an absolute path to the `gno` binary and `root` is the clone location of [`github.com/gnolang/gno`](https://github.com/gnolang/gno). ## Step 3: Write Gno code! After following these steps, you'll now have: 1. Syntax highlighting for `.gno`, `gno.mod`, and `gno.sum` files; 2. autocomplete for the Gno standard library; 3. hover information for the Gno standard library; 4. the ability to auto-format your Gno files; and 5. Code Lens annotations for running tests and benchmarks.

jdkato

Setting up Sublime Text 4 for Gno development

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