I know that ST can do a browser view/preview that updates live as you edit HTML or CSS.
I also know that ST can be configured with a build system which runs Lua and displays its output in a console.
Is there a way to configure ST such that I can have a split pane with Lua on one side, and a live view/preview of the output of running that Lua code on the other side? Just like the HTML/CSS view, where as I edit Lua source code, I see the Lua output change?
Would SublimeREPL be what you’re looking for? https://sublime.wbond.net/packages/SublimeREPL
Sort of but not quite.
It seems that opens an REPL in another frame, and you can use keystrokes to copy/paste your code into it to run.
I want it to do that automatically every time I change a character in the code, so I can always see its output.
Does anyone know what is the mechanism by which the live HTML/CSS views work? Like which APIs they use to launch them? Starting points for if one were to try to make a similar live view that wasn’t HTML/CSS?
Take a look at this: sublime.wbond.net/packages/SublimeOnSaveBuild
There are actually a ton of plugins that will get you 90% of what you want, in various ways. Just search around for generic solutions, then make it specific to lua.
That looks interesting, but I want to update the view whenever I type a character, not just when I save. This is what the web view does. I am wondering how I can replicate it, but with an output view that isn’t web.
At lunch I did some reading about the plug-in API and managed to get a command invoked for every modification of the document. That’s a first step. Now I’m just working on making the command do what I want it to do, in another view. (Presumably that can be done.) So the docs are extremely sketchy but I am making progress on my dream.
OK yesterday and today I hacked up a simple plug-in to do what I want.
Announcement/discussion:
Get it here:
github.com/mlepage/st3-live-view