NppExec compiling multiple languages

Pietro Nobili

Hey there! I write mainly in cpp, java and python, so I made various script to compile/run/interpret my files. On their own they work as expected but I’m running out of hotkeys, so I wanted to wrap them all in only two scripts, calling the right commands by reading the extension of the file, like this:
if $(EXT_PART) == ".py" (
py $(FILE_NAME)
) else (
echo unrecognized extension
)
When run this, a bracket is printed ) and then I get the following error
; starting child process: ")"
CreateProcess() failed with error code 2:
The system cannot find the file specified.

On its own py $(FILE_NAME) works nicely, so the problem shouldn’t be there.
Thanks

Claudia Frank

@Pietro-Nobili

the error itself points to the closing round bracket not being a program which can be executed.
My knowledge may be a little be outdated about the latest features of nppexec but from what
I remember the if syntax is

if condition goto label

Checkout the doc and manual which comes with the plugin.

Cheers
Claudia

Pietro Nobili

Prompted by your observation I did some tests and, as far as I can tell, NppExec’s console only runs the last line of a command, hence the unrecognized bracket.
A script launched after pressing F6 does execute all the lines but only one after the other, so any kind of multiline command doesn’t work.
I solved the problem with a somewhat artless bodge, calling launch.bat $(NAME_PART) $(EXT_PART) from my script, that runs this external script, saved somewhere reached by the environmental variables:

@ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL
SET filename=%1
SET extension=%2

if %extension%==.py goto :python
if %extension%==.cpp goto :cpp
if %extension%==.java goto :java
goto :error

:python
py %filename%%extension%
goto :end

:cpp
%filename%.exe
goto :end

:java
java %filename%
goto :end

:error
echo Unrecognized extension

:end
ENDLOCAL

And this is compile.bat if anyone is interested, called with the same arguments:

@ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL
SET filename=%1
SET extension=%2

if %extension%==.py goto :python
if %extension%==.cpp goto :cpp
if %extension%==.java goto :java
goto :error

:python
echo Python is interpreted
goto :end

:cpp
g++ -o %filename% %filename%%extension%
goto :end

:java
javac %filename%%extension%
goto :end

:error
echo Unrecognized extension

:end
ENDLOCAL

Thanks, Pietro

Claudia Frank

@Pietro-Nobili

Pietro, I had something different in mind.
Copy the following into nppexec dialog and run it on a python script,
then you should see the full file path output, when running on txt file
only a statement is shown. No need for an addition batch file.

if $(EXT_PART) == .py goto python
if $(EXT_PART) == .txt goto whatever
goto end

:python
echo run full file path:$(FULL_CURRENT_PATH)
goto end

:whatever
echo some text file

:end
echo "END"