Build on save

[ceej]

Hi,

Is it possible to build on save?

Many thanks

[ceej]

any ideas?

[iamntz]

I don't know how build works (even if i know is there, in menus ), but i guess you can set a macro to save & build. Then you set up the ctrl(cmd) + s to run that macro. Like so:

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[
    {"command": "save"},
    {"command": "build"}
]


Doesn't work?

[ceej]

you mean make a key mapping like:

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  { "keys": ["super+s"], "command": [
    {"command": "save"},
    {"command": "build"}
]}

[iamntz]

No, i mean macro. Check out the Packages/Default folder and you will see there few macro examples.

[ceej]

I see the macros in that folder.... so I'd bind the key press to call that macro? If you could give me a full example that would be amazing.

Many thanks

[charlesroper]

Yes, you'd bind a key press (e.g., Ctrl-s or Super-s or whatever) to your macro. So if you wanted to run the Delete to Hard EOL macro found in Packages/Default, you'd add this to your user keybindings (Preferences > Key Bindings - User)

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{ "keys": ["super+s"], "command": "run_macro_file", "args": {"file": "Packages/Default/Delete to Hard EOL.sublime-macro"} }

To put that in context, here's the complete content of my user keybindings with that macro binding added to the end:

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[
   { "keys": ["alt+shift+v"], "command": "validate" },
   { "keys": ["alt+ctrl+2"], "command": "toggle_quotes" },
   { "keys": ["super+j"], "command": "code_intel_auto_complete" },
   { "keys": ["super+f3"], "command": "goto_python_definition" },
   { "keys": ["alt+c"], "command": "web_colors" },
   { "keys": ["alt+enter"], "command": "move_to", "args": {"to": "hardeol"}},
   { "keys": ["super+s"], "command": "run_macro_file", "args": {"file": "Packages/Default/Delete to Hard EOL.sublime-macro"} }

]

[ceej]

Thank you for your reply.

so I did exactly that making a new macro file and then adding

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[
    {"command": "save"},
    {"command": "build"}
]

to the file and now when I press super+s (apple+s) nothing happens.... it doesn't save, build or anything....

[charlesroper]

Hmm, seems like you're doing everything right. Where is your macro saved? Have you tried a different keybind?

[ceej]

it's saved in Packages/Default/Save and Build.sublime-macro, ye tried another key binding like ctrl + s and nothing.... I'm using the latest dev version