Hi all,
I am using Geany 1.37 with Windows 11. I wish to build an html file from a markdown source file. In the Build > Set Build Commands dialog, I typed in the following command:
python -m markdown %f > %e.html
When I click on the build command in the Build drop down menu, the markdown file compiles, but the output is displayed in the Compile window at the bottom of the screen. I can see all of the html code just fine, but the output is NOT put into the desired html file. It’s as if Geany stops reading the build command after it gets to the “%f”.
I have replaced the %f and %e with actual file names, but it still doesn’t output to a file. If I run the same command from a DOS command window separately from Geany, everything works just fine and I get the desired html file. But it doesn’t work from within Geany. It appears as if Geany is not recognizing the “>” character which I believe should output the html code into the %e.html file.
Is there other syntax I should use to tell Geany to build the source file into an output file? If I recall correctly, I had successfully done this in the past with Geany on a Linux computer, but since I switched to Windows 11, I haven’t been able to get Geany to output to a file.
Thanks for any help y’all can provide.
Virgil
On 2022-12-21 11:25, Virgil Arrington via Users wrote:
Hi all,
I am using Geany 1.37 with Windows 11. I wish to build an html file from a markdown source file. In the Build > Set Build Commands dialog, I typed in the following command:
python -m markdown %f > %e.html
I'd guess that the command isn't run under a shell but rather directly. In that case I'd...
1) Look for an output argument, such as -o
python -m markdown -o %e.html %f
2) If that doesn't exist, try wrapping in a shell:
cmd.exe /c "my command"
May have to use /k or other trickery. Check with cmd /h.
On Thu, 22 Dec 2022 at 08:06, Geany User via Users users@lists.geany.org wrote:
On 2022-12-21 11:25, Virgil Arrington via Users wrote:
Hi all,
I am using Geany 1.37 with Windows 11. I wish to build an html file from a markdown source file. In the Build > Set Build Commands dialog, I typed in the following command:
python -m markdown %f > %e.html
I'd guess that the command isn't run under a shell but rather directly.
Correct, its run with `CreateProcess()` because the various shell executes don't allow the re-direction of stdin and stdout AFAICT.
In that case I'd...
Look for an output argument, such as -o
python -m markdown -o %e.html %fIf that doesn't exist, try wrapping in a shell:
cmd.exe /c "my command"May have to use /k or other trickery. Check with cmd /h.
Also may need extra quoting of the command, buyer beware.
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Hi there, Is there a knowledge base, or wiki, or similar where we can centralize this kind of question/answer?
Thank you,
On Thu, Dec 22, 2022 at 7:32 AM Lucas Vieites via Users users@lists.geany.org wrote:
Hi there, Is there a knowledge base, or wiki, or similar where we can centralize this kind of question/answer?
Hmm - - - - and here I thought that's what this list is for - - - yes? (grin)
(That's one reason I subscribed!)
On Thu, 22 Dec 2022 at 23:32, Lucas Vieites via Users users@lists.geany.org wrote:
Hi there, Is there a knowledge base, or wiki, or similar where we can centralize this kind of question/answer?
Thank you,
Lucas Vieites lucasvieites@gmail.com
On Thu, Dec 22, 2022, 14:12 Virgil Arrington via Users users@lists.geany.org wrote:
- If that doesn't exist, try wrapping in a shell:
cmd.exe /c "my command"That works perfectly.
Thanks for the suggestion. Thanks to others who responded with other suggestions. This one was the easiest to implement and it worked.
Virgil
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Thank you, Lex. I have signed up and written a small howto with the successful instructions: https://wiki.geany.org/howtos/win32/build-command
Kind regards, -- *Lucas Vieites https://namedrop.io/lucasvieites* Blog @ codexion.com https://blog.codexion.com/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucasvieites
On Thu, Dec 22, 2022 at 9:55 PM Lex Trotman via Users users@lists.geany.org wrote:
On Thu, 22 Dec 2022 at 23:32, Lucas Vieites via Users users@lists.geany.org wrote:
Hi there, Is there a knowledge base, or wiki, or similar where we can centralize
this kind of question/answer?
Thank you,
Lucas Vieites lucasvieites@gmail.com
On Thu, Dec 22, 2022, 14:12 Virgil Arrington via Users <
users@lists.geany.org> wrote:
- If that doesn't exist, try wrapping in a shell:
cmd.exe /c "my command"That works perfectly.
Thanks for the suggestion. Thanks to others who responded with other
suggestions. This one was the easiest to implement and it worked.
Virgil
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On Fri, 23 Dec 2022 at 18:54, Lucas Vieites via Users users@lists.geany.org wrote:
Thank you, Lex. I have signed up and written a small howto with the successful instructions: https://wiki.geany.org/howtos/win32/build-command
Thank you for contributing.
Cheers Lex
Kind regards,
Lucas Vieites Blog @ codexion.com LinkedIn
On Thu, Dec 22, 2022 at 9:55 PM Lex Trotman via Users users@lists.geany.org wrote:
On Thu, 22 Dec 2022 at 23:32, Lucas Vieites via Users users@lists.geany.org wrote:
Hi there, Is there a knowledge base, or wiki, or similar where we can centralize this kind of question/answer?
Thank you,
Lucas Vieites lucasvieites@gmail.com
On Thu, Dec 22, 2022, 14:12 Virgil Arrington via Users users@lists.geany.org wrote:
- If that doesn't exist, try wrapping in a shell:
cmd.exe /c "my command"That works perfectly.
Thanks for the suggestion. Thanks to others who responded with other suggestions. This one was the easiest to implement and it worked.
Virgil
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On 12/23/2022 3:53 AM, Lucas Vieites via Users wrote:
Thank you, Lex. I have signed up and written a small howto with the successful instructions: https://wiki.geany.org/howtos/win32/build-command
Kind regards,
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I hate to complicate things, but it's a little more complex than that. So far, in my experience, the *only* time I have needed to wrap a build command into the cmd.exe shell was with this one command in which I attempted to run the "python -m markdown %f > %e.html" command. All other build commands have worked just fine without being wrapped in a shell. For example, if I compile a markdown file using Pandoc or Darkslide, I can run the command directly from inside Geany without a shell. Only this unique command required the shell.
I suspect the problem is with the ">" character. With that character in the build command, Geany seems to stop executing the command once it comes across that character. It appears that the ">" needs a cmd.exe shell in order to be processed. The Python build command uses the ">" to output to a file. Neither Pandoc nor Darkslide use the ">" character for file output; therefore, they don't require a shell.
All that is to say that it is perhaps a little overly-simplistic to imply that all build commands in Geany running in Windows require the cmd.exe shell as they don't. But, it's useful to have the information available so users like me can have something more to experiment with.
Virgil
On Sat, 24 Dec 2022 at 02:17, Virgil Arrington Jr. via Users users@lists.geany.org wrote:
On 12/23/2022 3:53 AM, Lucas Vieites via Users wrote:
Thank you, Lex. I have signed up and written a small howto with the successful instructions: https://wiki.geany.org/howtos/win32/build-command
Kind regards,
Lucas Vieites Blog @ codexion.com LinkedIn
I hate to complicate things, but it's a little more complex than that. So far, in my experience, the *only* time I have needed to wrap a build command into the cmd.exe shell was with this one command in which I attempted to run the "python -m markdown %f > %e.html" command. All other build commands have worked just fine without being wrapped in a shell. For example, if I compile a markdown file using Pandoc or Darkslide, I can run the command directly from inside Geany without a shell. Only this unique command required the shell.
I suspect the problem is with the ">" character.
Yes, because that character is interpreted and the redirection set up by cmd.exe, so if the command is run without cmd.exe it won't happen.
Cheers Lex
With that character in the build command, Geany seems to stop executing the command once it comes across that character. It appears that the ">" needs a cmd.exe shell in order to be processed. The Python build command uses the ">" to output to a file. Neither Pandoc nor Darkslide use the ">" character for file output; therefore, they don't require a shell.
All that is to say that it is perhaps a little overly-simplistic to imply that all build commands in Geany running in Windows require the cmd.exe shell as they don't. But, it's useful to have the information available so users like me can have something more to experiment with.
Virgil
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On 21.12.22 20:25, Virgil Arrington via Users wrote:
Hi all,
I am using Geany 1.37 with Windows 11. I wish to build an html file from a markdown source file. In the Build > Set Build Commands dialog, I typed in the following command:
python -m markdown %f > %e.html
As a non-Windows-user for >10 years now: IIRC does Windows not support the > operator. Am I wrong?
.f
Vigil,
Try
py -m pip install -U Markdown Markdown -version
Markdown: discount (master)2.2.7
Then in geany, use
Markdown -o %e.html %f
If this doesn't work, then create a command file e.g. "mkdn.cmd" with:
@echo off markdown %1 %2
and put it in a folder in your path. Add any Markdown options in this file. And put
mkdn %e %f.html
in geany.
This assumes that the python scripts folder, where Markdown got installed is in your path. If not, use the full path, with double quotes, if necessary, into the command or into geany.
BTW, you can also try markdown2, in a similar way with the second line of the command file being:
markdown2 %1 > %2
and
mkdn %e %.html
in geany.
Note: I have not tested this myself. Instead, I use a markdown plugin in Notepad++, despite using Geany for almost all other editing.
HTH Doug
On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 12:25 PM Virgil Arrington via Users users@lists.geany.org wrote:
Hi all,
I am using Geany 1.37 with Windows 11. I wish to build an html file from a markdown source file. In the Build > Set Build Commands dialog, I typed in the following command:
python -m markdown %f > %e.html
When I click on the build command in the Build drop down menu, the markdown file compiles, but the output is displayed in the Compile window at the bottom of the screen. I can see all of the html code just fine, but the output is NOT put into the desired html file. It’s as if Geany stops reading the build command after it gets to the “%f”.
I have replaced the %f and %e with actual file names, but it still doesn’t output to a file. If I run the same command from a DOS command window separately from Geany, everything works just fine and I get the desired html file. But it doesn’t work from within Geany. It appears as if Geany is not recognizing the “>” character which I believe should output the html code into the %e.html file.
Is there other syntax I should use to tell Geany to build the source file into an output file? If I recall correctly, I had successfully done this in the past with Geany on a Linux computer, but since I switched to Windows 11, I haven’t been able to get Geany to output to a file.
Thanks for any help y’all can provide.
Virgil
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Yes, as Doug says, if the purpose is to convert markdown to html rather than work on the Python module its best to use one of the many programs that convert markdown rather than trying to run a Python module, there are lots, many with extensions that are generally considered essential these days to at least match Github Markdown, eg Pandoc (which has windows installer IIUC) etc
Lex
On Thu, 22 Dec 2022 at 14:49, Doug Henderson via Users users@lists.geany.org wrote:
Vigil,
Try
py -m pip install -U Markdown Markdown -version
Markdown: discount (master)2.2.7
Then in geany, use
Markdown -o %e.html %f
If this doesn't work, then create a command file e.g. "mkdn.cmd" with:
@echo off markdown %1 %2
and put it in a folder in your path. Add any Markdown options in this file. And put
mkdn %e %f.html
in geany.
This assumes that the python scripts folder, where Markdown got installed is in your path. If not, use the full path, with double quotes, if necessary, into the command or into geany.
BTW, you can also try markdown2, in a similar way with the second line of the command file being:
markdown2 %1 > %2
and
mkdn %e %.html
in geany.
Note: I have not tested this myself. Instead, I use a markdown plugin in Notepad++, despite using Geany for almost all other editing.
HTH Doug
On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 12:25 PM Virgil Arrington via Users users@lists.geany.org wrote:
Hi all,
I am using Geany 1.37 with Windows 11. I wish to build an html file from a markdown source file. In the Build > Set Build Commands dialog, I typed in the following command:
python -m markdown %f > %e.html
When I click on the build command in the Build drop down menu, the markdown file compiles, but the output is displayed in the Compile window at the bottom of the screen. I can see all of the html code just fine, but the output is NOT put into the desired html file. It’s as if Geany stops reading the build command after it gets to the “%f”.
I have replaced the %f and %e with actual file names, but it still doesn’t output to a file. If I run the same command from a DOS command window separately from Geany, everything works just fine and I get the desired html file. But it doesn’t work from within Geany. It appears as if Geany is not recognizing the “>” character which I believe should output the html code into the %e.html file.
Is there other syntax I should use to tell Geany to build the source file into an output file? If I recall correctly, I had successfully done this in the past with Geany on a Linux computer, but since I switched to Windows 11, I haven’t been able to get Geany to output to a file.
Thanks for any help y’all can provide.
Virgil
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