Is there a way to run a shell command on a currently selected file in sidebar?
Like standard exec command, but with file path as argument.
[
{
"caption": "Do some cool thing with a file",
"command": "exec",
"args": {
"shell_cmd": "bin $path_to_selected_file",
}
}
]Sure. Have a look at Side Bar.sublime-menu https://www.sublimetext.com/docs/menus.html#available_menus
The right clicked file’s absolute path on disk get’s passed as a files argument to the command that is invoked in that context. However, you have to use a custom command that runs the exec command in turn.
OK, I am not familiar with Python, but after some research I made a simple exec wrapper.
That’s how I make it work on macOS.
Cd into: ~/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text 3/Packages/User.
Create a file execa.py:
import os
import sublime
import sublime_plugin
class ExecaCommand(sublime_plugin.WindowCommand):
def run(self, paths=[], cmd=""):
if not cmd:
sublime.error_message("ExecaCommand: Please provide \"cmd\" argument")
return
shell_cmd = cmd
if len(paths) > 0:
safe_paths = ["\"" + i + "\"" for i in paths]
shell_cmd = cmd + " " + " ".join(safe_paths)
cwd = os.path.dirname(paths[0])
self.window.run_command("exec", {
"shell_cmd": shell_cmd,
"working_dir": cwd
})
Then, create a file Side Bar.sublime-menu:
[
{
"caption": "Optimizt",
"children": [
{
"caption": "Optimize Images",
"command": "execa",
"args": {
"paths": [],
"cmd": "optimizt --verbose",
}
},
{
"caption": "Create WebP",
"command": "execa",
"args": {
"paths": [],
"cmd": "optimizt --webp --verbose"
}
}
]
}
]
And now I able to run any command with provided paths 
Hope someone finds this useful.
Have fun writing plugins.