Atom-script: Java - Cannot find file

[Ninja2k]

When I try to compile my Java file using atom-script I get javac: file not found.

If I set Atoms-scripts Current Working Directory to the folder where my Java file is it finds the file. I obviously don't want to have to keep doing this for every file I need to compile otherwise there wouldn't be a point at all in using Atom.

I use Sublime Text 3 and Textpad and they can all compile from any working directory without having to specify paths.

Is there any way to configure atom-script so I can just compile my Java from anywhere?

[andyrichardson]

I'm struggling to understand the use case in which this issue exists. Have you tried adding the containing folder as a project folder File -> Add Project Folder?

[Ninja2k]

My Java files are contained at C:Users%USER%DesktopJava
Inside here I have a folder for each of my Java projects, HelloWorld, Calculator etc
If I try to build using Atom-Script I get an error

javac: file not found: Hello.java
Usage: javac <options> <source files>
use -help for a list of possible options

So I need to configure Scripts "Current Working Directory" to point at the exact directory every time I want to build something so for example I have to set my "Current Working Directory" to

C:\Users\%USER%\Desktop\Java\HelloWorld
C:\Users\%USER%\Desktop\Java\Calculator

I don't need to do any of this in Textpad or Sublime Text 3, I just had to set my systems PATH to C:Program FilesJavajdk1.8.0_101bin and it knew what to do.

[mammothb]

I think atom only uses the main project folder as the path, if I were to run a file from a subdirectory in the project folder

|----Sub_Dir
|    |----File_One.java
|----File_Two.java

I will only be able to compile File_Two.java but not File_One.java.

[nixel2007]

Latest version of script package have a new setting in settings tab - you can choose, how the CWD is calculated. Try to change it, one of them should suit your needs

[mammothb]

Yes I was able to compile by setting the "Default CWD Behavior" to "Directory of the script".

[Ninja2k]

Sublimes Java build command looks something like this

{ "cmd":["javac","$file_name","&&","java","$file_base_name"], "file_regex": "^[ ]file \"(...?)\", line ([0-9]*)", "path":"C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jdk1.8.0_77\\bin\\", "selector": "source.java", "shell":true }

I don't see it being an advantage if I have to keep changing my directory for every compile. I think that is a much better way to do things.

[nixel2007]

@Ninja2k change the CWD behavior in package settings, as I noticed above

[Ninja2k]

I was looking in the wrong place, I was looking at the Current Working Directory in Packages -> Script -> Settings but in the module settings there is a drop down where you can set the behaviour to execute the Java from the current working directory. All new to this!

[WiliTest]

@Ninja2k

but in the module settings there is a drop down where you can set the behaviour to execute the Java from the current working directory

sorry but where are the "module settings"?

[metadoz]

@Ninja2k

Please explain where the 'module settings' are?

[OnePunchMan34]

Packages=>Settings View=>open=>packages