Script

Run code in Atom!

Run scripts based on file name, a selection of code, or by line number.

Currently supported grammars are:

Grammar	File Based	Selection Based	Required Package	Required in PATH	Notes
1C (BSL)	Yes		language-1c-bsl	oscript
Ansible	Yes		language-ansible	ansible-playbook
AutoHotKey	Yes	Yes	language-autohotkey	AutoHotKey.exe
AppleScript	Yes	Yes	language-applescript	osascript
Babel ES6 JS	Yes	Yes	language-babel	node
Bash	Yes	Yes			Runs if your SHELL or #! line is bash.
Bats (Bash Automated Test System)	Yes	Yes	language-bats	bats
Windows Batch (cmd.exe)	Yes		language-batch/file
Behat	Yes		behat-atom	behat
BuckleScript	Yes	Yes	bs-platform	bsc
C	Yes	Yes		xcrun clang/cc	Available only on macOS and Linux.
C#	Yes	Yes		csc.exe
C# Script	Yes	Yes		scriptcs
C++	Yes	Yes		xcrun clang++/g++	Available only on macOS and Linux. Run with -std=c++14.
Clojure	Yes	Yes		lein exec	Requires Leiningen with the lein-exec plugin.
CoffeeScript (Literate)	Yes	Yes		coffee
Crystal	Yes	Yes	language-crystal-actual	crystal
Cucumber (Gherkin)	Yes		language-gherkin	cucumber
D	Yes	Yes	language-d	rdmd
Dart	Yes	Yes	dartlang	dart
DOT (Graphviz)	Yes	Yes	language-dot	dot
Elixir	Yes	Yes	language-elixir	elixir
Erlang		Yes	language-erlang	erl	Limited selection based runs only (see #70).
F*	Yes		atom-fstar	fstar
F#	Yes		language-fsharp	fsharpi/fsi.exe
Fish	Yes	Yes	language-fish-shell	fish
Forth	Yes		language-forth	gforth
Fortran	Yes		language-fortran	gfortran
Gnuplot	Yes		language-gnuplot-atom	gnuplot
Go	Yes			go
Groovy	Yes	Yes	language-groovy	groovy
Haskell (Literate)	Yes	Yes	language-haskell	runhaskell/ghc
HTML	Yes				Opens the current HTML file in your default browser.
Hy	Yes	Yes	language-hy	hy.exe
IcedCoffeeScript	Yes	Yes	language-iced-coffee-script	iced
Inno Setup	Yes		language-innosetup	ISCC.exe
Idris	Yes		language-idris	idris
io	Yes	Yes	atom-language-io	io
Java	Yes			*\jdk1.x.x_xx\bin	Project directory should be the source directory; subfolders imply packaging.
Javascript	Yes	Yes		node
JavaScript for Automation (JXA)	Yes	Yes	language-javascript-jxa	osascript -l JavaScript	Available on macOS only.
Jolie	Yes		language-jolie	jolie
Julia	Yes	Yes	language-julia	julia
Kotlin	Yes	Yes	language-kotlin	kotlinc
LAMMPS	Yes		language-lammps	lammps	Available only on macOS and Linux.
LaTeX	Yes		language-latex	latexmk
LilyPond	Yes		atlilypond	lilypond
Lisp	Yes	Yes	language-lisp	sbcl	Selection based runs are limited to a single line.
LiveScript	Yes	Yes	language-livescript	lsc
Lua	Yes	Yes	language-lua[-wow]	lua
Makefile	Yes	Yes
MATLAB	Yes	Yes	language-matlab	matlab
MIPS	Yes		language-mips	spim
MongoDB	Yes	Yes	language-mongodb	mongo
MoonScript	Yes	Yes	language-moonscript	moon
NCL	Yes	Yes	language-ncl	ncl	Scripts must end with an exit command for file based runs.
newLISP	Yes	Yes	language-newlisp	newlisp
Nim[Script]	Yes		language-nim	nim
NSIS	Yes	Yes	language-nsis	makensis
Objective-C[++]	Yes			xcrun clang[++]	Available on macOS only.
OCaml	Yes		language-ocaml	ocaml
Octave	Yes	Yes	language-matlab	octave
Oz	Yes	Yes	language-oz	ozc
Pandoc Markdown	Yes		language-pfm	panzer
Pascal	Yes	Yes	language-pascal	fsc
Perl	Yes	Yes
Perl 6	Yes	Yes		perl6
PHP	Yes	Yes
PostgreSQL	Yes	Yes	language-pgsql	psql	Connects as user PGUSER to database PGDATABASE. Both default to your operating system's USERNAME, but can be set in the process environment or in Atom's init file: process.env.PGUSER = {user name} and process.env.PGDATABASE = {database name}
PowerShell	Yes	Yes	language-powershell	powershell
Processing	Yes		processing-language	processing-java
Prolog	Yes		language-prolog	swipl	Scripts must contain a rule with the head main (e.g.main:- parent(X,lucas),writeln(X).). The script is executed with the goal main and exits after the first result is found. The output is produced by the writeln/1 predicates.
PureScript	Yes		language-purescript	pulp
Python	Yes	Yes
R	Yes	Yes	language-r	Rscript
Racket	Yes	Yes	language-racket	racket
Reason	Yes	Yes	language-reason	rebuild
Ren'Py	Yes	No	language-renpy	renpy	Runs your project at the root of the current file.
Robot Framework	Yes	No	language-robot-framework	robot	The output location depends on the CWD behaviour which can be altered in settings.
RSpec	Yes	Yes	language-rspec	rspec
Ruby	Yes	Yes
Ruby on Rails	Yes	Yes
Rust	Yes		language-rust	rustc
Sage	Yes	Yes	language-sage	sage
Sass/SCSS	Yes			sass
Scala	Yes	Yes	language-scala	scala
Scheme	Yes	Yes	langauge-scheme	guile
Shell Script	Yes	Yes		SHELL	Runs according to your default SHELL, or #! line.
Standard ML	Yes		language-sml	sml
Stata	Yes	Yes	language-stata	stata
Swift	Yes		language-swift	swift
Tcl	Yes	Yes	language-tcltk	tclsh
TypeScript	Yes	Yes		ts-node
VBScript	Yes	Yes	language-vbscript	cscript
Zsh	Yes	Yes			Runs if your SHELL or #! line is zsh.

NOTE: Some grammars may require you to install a custom language package.

You only have to add a few lines in a PR to support another.

Installation

apm install script

or

Search for script within package search in the Settings View.

Atom can't find node | ruby | python | my socks

Make sure to launch Atom from the console/terminal. This gives atom all your useful environment variables. Additionally, make sure to run it with the project path you need. For example, use

atom .

to get it to run with the current directory as the default place to run scripts from.

If you really wish to open atom from a launcher/icon, see this issue for a variety of workarounds that have been suggested.

Usage

Make sure to run atom from the command line to get full access to your environment variables. Running Atom from the icon will launch using launchctl's environment.

Script: Run will perform a "File Based" run when no text is selected (default).

Script: Run while text is selected will perform a "Selection Based" run executing just the highlighted code.

Script: Run by Line Number to run using the specified line number. Note that if you select an entire line this number could be off by one due to the way Atom detects numbers while text is selected.

Script: Configure Script should be used to configure command options, program arguments, and environment variables overrides. Environment variables may be input into the options view in the form VARIABLE_NAME_ONE=value;VARIABLE_NAME_TWO="other value";VARIABLE_NAME_3='test'.

Also, in this dialog you can save options as a profile for future use. For example, you can add two profiles, one for python2.7 and another for python3 and run scripts with a specified profile, which will be more convinient than entering options every time you want to switch python versions.

Script: Run with profile allows you to run scripts with saved profiles. Profiles can be added in Script: Run Options dialog.

Script: Kill Process will kill the process but leaves the pane open.

Script: Close View closes the pane and kills the process.

To kill everything, click the close icon in the upper right and just go back to coding.

Script: Copy Run Results copies everything written to the output pane to the clipboard, allowing you to paste it into the editor.

Command and shortcut reference

Command	macOS	Linux/Windows	Notes
Script: Run	cmd-i	shift-ctrl-b	If text is selected a "Selection Based" is used instead of a "File Based" run
Script: Run by Line Number	shift-cmd-j	shift-ctrl-j	If text is selected the line number will be the last
Script: Run Options	shift-cmd-i	shift-ctrl-alt-o	Runs the selection or whole file with the given options
Script: Run with profile	shift-cmd-k	shift-ctrl-alt-b	Runs the selection or whole file with the specified profile
Script: Close View	esc or ctrl-w	esc	Closes the script view window
Script: Kill Process	ctrl-c	ctrl-q	Kills the current script process

Replacements

The following parameters will be replaced in any entry in args (command and program arguments). They should all be enclosed in curly brackets {}

• {FILE_ACTIVE} - Full path to the currently active file in Atom. E.g. /home/rgbkrk/atom-script/lib/script.coffee
• {FILE_ACTIVE_PATH} - Full path to the folder where the currently active file is. E.g. /home/rgbkrk/atom-script/lib
• {FILE_ACTIVE_NAME} - Full name and extension of active file. E.g., script.coffee
• {FILE_ACTIVE_NAME_BASE} - Name of active file WITHOUT extension. E.g., script
• {PROJECT_PATH} - Full path to the root of the project. This is normally the path Atom has as root. E.g /home/rgbkrk/atom-script

Parameters are compatible with atom-build package.

Development

This is an Open Open Source Project, which means:

Individuals making significant and valuable contributions are given commit-access to the project to contribute as they see fit.

As for coding and contributing, rely on the atom contributing guidelines. They're pretty sane.

Quick and dirty setup

apm develop script

This will clone the script repository to ~/github unless you set the ATOM_REPOS_HOME environment variable.

I already cloned it!

If you cloned it somewhere else, you'll want to use apm link --dev within the package directory, followed by apm install to get dependencies.

Workflow

After pulling upstream changes, make sure to run apm update.

To start hacking, make sure to run atom --dev from the package directory. Cut a branch while you're working then either submit a Pull Request when done or when you want some feedback!