Hi there,
I am trying to change within the build system the content of $file from:
C:\folder\file.py
to
/mnt/c/folder/file.py
for now I only have a really simple build system
{
“cmd”: [“parser.exe”, “$file”],
}
but for reasons I need $file to be in linux notation and add something to the path. How would I do that?
Thanks!
You can just use regex replacements. This should work:
{
"cmd": ["parser.exe", "${file/(?:^([A-Z]):)|(\\\\)/(?1:\\/mnt\\/\\l$1)(?2:\\/)/g}"],
}
Explanation: Be aware that every backslash \ must be escaped \\
${file:/A/B/g}: in the variable file match A and replace it by B everywhere/globally g
Match: (?:^([A-Z]):)|(\\)
(?:^([A-Z]):)
(?:...) hold this together, but don’t create a group^ match the start of the string([A-Z]) match any uppercase character and store it in group 1
: match a colon| or(\\) mach a backslash \ and store it in group 2
Replace: (?1:\/mnt\/\l$1)(?2:\/)
(?1:\/mnt\/\l$1)
(?1:...) if group 1 is not empty\/mnt\/ insert /mnt/
\l$1 and the content of the group 1 converted to lowercase(?2:\/) if group 2 is not empty insert a slash /
Hey,
thanks a lot for your answer. Somehow sublime is not interpreting the regex. I saw in the manual that I can use regex and played with it but somehow nothing happens to the variable. Also in the expression you wrote I got an error at the \l which would prevent the build system to be executed at all.
Any idea?
Sorry I just tested the regex not the regex inside a build system. Since build systems are JSON every backslash must be escaped, i.e. \\ instead of \ everywhere.
I updated the regex