run system commands on save if certain criteria are met

[imthenachoman]

I was wondering, is it possible to get Notepad++ to run some system commands if the current file’s folder meets some criteria?

I use clasp for developing Google Apps Script code. When you have a local copy of a Google Apps Script project the folder will have a .clasp.json file in it.

I want it so if when I save a file and the folder has this .clasp.json file then it should automatically run a system command: cmd /c "cd $(CURRENT_DIRECTORY) && clasp push".

Is this possible? I saw NppEventExec but could not figure out how to get it to do what I am after.

[rinku singh]

@imthenachoman said:

I was wondering, is it possible to get Notepad++ to run some system commands if the current file’s folder meets some criteria?

you should use lua or python script plugin for get notification when file is being saved

[imthenachoman]

I don’t know Lua but I know Python. So I could create a Python script to run a function on save that would check for the existence of a specific file in the directory and then run other system commands?

[Alan Kilborn]

@imthenachoman

Yes, using the Pythonscript plugin for Notepad++ :

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

from Npp import editor, notepad, NOTIFICATION

def callback_npp_FILESAVED(args):
    for (filename, bufferID, index, view) in notepad.getFiles():
        if bufferID == args['bufferID']:
            # do your stuff with "filename" file here
            break

notepad.callback(callback_npp_FILESAVED, [NOTIFICATION.FILESAVED])

[imthenachoman]

Humm. Thank you! I will give it a try.