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WoodrowShigeru
WoodrowShigeru

Reputation: 1594

Sublime fails to open new_file in macro

In Sublime (Version 3.2.2, Build 3211) (Ubuntu 18.04.5), I'd like to record a macro where I select-all, copy and paste the current content into another, unsaved file. And then do other commands as well, but I'm not even getting that far. The new-file step doesn't seem to work – neither new, nor new_window, newWindow, new_file, newFile seem to work; not even reopen_last_file. It should be new_file, though.

The console throws this:

Unknown macro command new_file

Which is weird. The command new_file works fine in other contexts: looking at the key-bindings settings, ctrl+n is bound to the same command and the hotkey has no issues.

Selecting all, copying – even this following bit works as intended:

{
    "command": "insert",
    "args": {"characters": "Hello, Friend!\n"}
}

In their forums, user "jps" writes:

With regards to the other console messages (unknown command, etc), don’t worry about them, they’re supposed to be there :slight_smile:

… but this doesn't seem to be right if it's obviously not working.

I have a project open but closing the project has no effect.

Is there maybe a package or something missing?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 75

Answers (1)

OdatNurd
OdatNurd

Reputation: 22791

Macros in sublime can only capture and replay TextCommand commands; that is, commands that directly modify the content of a buffer or it's visual state. Examples including adding or removing text, changing the selection, moving the cursor around or changing view specific settings (like toggling word wrap or changing rulers, etc).

Commands like new_file, new_window or opening and closing projects are WindowCommand commands, which can't be captured via a macro.

In order to run a sequence of commands that includes a WindowCommand (or ApplicationCommand), you need to use a package. Two examples of that which are readily available on Package Control are Chain of Command and Multicommand.

Upvotes: 1

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