[SOLVED] How to create a plugin?

[trebitzki]

I'll get back to you in a week, I'm offline on vakay... ta ta

[EJ12N]

Another question on creating plugins...

I want to make one that saves the current file and exits the app.

saveAndExit.py

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import sublime, sublimeplugin

class saveAndExit(sublimeplugin.TextCommand):
   def run(self, view, args):
      # Save the current file
      view.runCommand('save')

      # Quit Sublime
      view.runCommand('exit')


Doesn't work. I thought you can use commands like that?

http://www.sublimetext.com/docs/commands:

save Saves the current buffer, prompting for a file name if it doesn't have one yet

exit Closes all windows

BTW can anyone make a new forum category like 'tutorials'? I'd like to write this up so that people can find it right on the forum page without searching...
Would be a good place to put tips and stuff scattered around the forum and the user blogs (sublimator, EJ12N) too, eh?

That doesn't work is because you have sublimeplugin.TextCommand
you are using windows commands so you have 2 ways of accomplishing what you want...

replace:sublimeplugin.TextCommand with: sublimeplugin.WindowCommand
in the above code and instead of view use now the arg is window.

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import sublime, sublimeplugin

class saveAndExit(sublimeplugin.WindowCommand):
   def run(self, window, args):
      # Save the current file
      window.runCommand('save')

      # Quit Sublime
      window.runCommand('exit')


it should work =] haven't tested it yet but it should.
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The other solution instead of doing all those changes is to use view.window().runCommand instead of view.runCommand, this is what I personally use when doing window commands

** I have added saveAndExit to my PowerUser package **
PS: as a bonus, if you use hotExit instead of exit command you preserve the session when quitting sublime

[trebitzki]

The other solution instead of doing all those changes is to use view.window().runCommand instead of view.runCommand, this is what I personally use when doing window commands

Great!! That did it! Now I have a simple Notetaking system:

• Open Sublime Text using a windows keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+Shift+S).
• Session data is automatically restored with the last open file, in my case the 'notes' file.
• Ctrl+Shift+F5 starts the 'insertDateAtTop' plugin, ready to type another note.
• Ctrl+Shift+F4 saves the file and quits the app.

Whew! [wipesweat /] That was quite a journey! At every step another nuance was presented by the helpful gurus, showing me how to get it done.

Again, there is absolutely no information on the website, explaining these intricate ins and outs of writing a plugin.

I sure would like to write this up so people can have it all in one place. Could an admin please create a 'Tutorials' section in the forum?

[EJ12N]

Good job on the notetaking implementation

The other solution instead of doing all those changes is to use view.window().runCommand instead of view.runCommand, this is what I personally use when doing window commands

Great!! That did it! Now I have a simple Notetaking system:

• Open Sublime Text using a windows keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+Shift+S).
• Session data is automatically restored with the last open file, in my case the 'notes' file.
• Ctrl+Shift+F5 starts the 'insertDateAtTop' plugin, ready to type another note.
• Ctrl+Shift+F4 saves the file and quits the app.

Whew! [wipesweat /] That was quite a journey! At every step another nuance was presented by the helpful gurus, showing me how to get it done.

Again, there is absolutely no information on the website, explaining these intricate ins and outs of writing a plugin.

I sure would like to write this up so people can have it all in one place. Could an admin please create a 'Tutorials' section in the forum?