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Support more variables in exec cmd #1536

Open strrchr opened 7 years ago

strrchr commented 7 years ago

Like $(CurText) in EmEditor. Then I can pass current selectioin text or current word to external command.

FichteFoll commented 7 years ago

So, build systems are designed to build entire files or projects, not to execute a command with selected text.

Here are a few sample searches that might contain plugin that provides what you want: https://packagecontrol.io/search/command https://packagecontrol.io/search/pipe

I'll leave this open for an ST dev to label or close.