Sublime Text - Sublime Console

To show the console in Sublime Text, which is usefull for all developer work (such as package and plugin creation) and more, go to:
Menu >> View >> Show Console (usually: Ctrl+Alt+\)

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Debug

The console can be used for debugging, or just run a command, take for example the script of a simple plugin:

import sublime, sublime_plugin
 
class HelloWorldExampleCommand(sublime_plugin.TextCommand):
	def run(self, edit):
		self.view.insert(edit, 0, "Hello World")

This code (or plugin) once its compiled will wirte at the top of the file the string “Hello World”. To run it, write on the console:

view.run_command('hello_world_example')

The run_command method will run the class with that name, note that from the class name 3 things changed (between HelloWorldExampleCommand and hello_world_example)

1. The first letter is lower case.
2. All the upper case letters after the first are replaced with ”_” + the corrisponding lower case letter.
3. The “_command” part is removed.

This steps are not random, Sublime does this for all sub-classes the user creates, when he wants to run them Why did the class had the name “HelloWordExampleCommand” ?