Eclipse: On Save execute a program

Question

I have recently come across the LESS Leaner CSS a template engine for CSS based on ruby. The idea sounded neat, but in practice we need to compile the program to get CSS. Th

Answer 1

While the Builders are a good solution, keep in mind they only work when a build is issued - either using auto-build or using a manual build which is invoked, well, manually. If you are looking for something that will operate after a save, regardless of the auto-build state you will need to write a plugin which listens to resource changes in Eclipse.

You do that by creating a workspace change listener and installing it like that:

ResourcesPlugin.getWorkspace().addResourceChangeListener(
..., IResourceChangeEvent.POST_CHANGE);

I'm sure you can take it from here :-)

Answer 2

I think all you need is to define a custom Builder for your project. That way, you can run a program or an ant script whenever certain files change.

Right click on the project -> Properties -> Builders -> New