Interactive q/kdb Build System to Sublime 3

Question

I'm trying to enable the interactive kdb/q run mode in Sublime text. Standalone I'm able to run any q script inside ST but interactive mode is not working.

Below is my code.

Build file:

{ 
   "cmd": ["X:/path/path/q", "-u", "$file"],
   "file_regex": "^[ ]*File \"(...*?)\", line ([0-9]*)",
   "selector": "source.q"
}

repl file:

{
   "target": "run_existing_window_command",
   "id": "repl_q_run",
   "file": "config/q/Main.sublime-menu"
}

added "-i" for interactive run in "Main.sublime-menu" (repl_q_run sub program) like below.

"cmd": ["X:/path/path/q",   "-u","-i", "-m", "pdb", "$file_basename"],

Error: '2017.08.11T17:15:34.847 -i. OS reports: The system cannot find the file specified. 0: ("S*";":") `-i

Repl Closed

Thank you, Vanditha

Answer 1

-i is not a valid command line option for q. For the list of valid options, see the reference card.

The options you are using, -u, -i and -m pdb look like python options. Please note that unlike python, q expects command line options to be specified after the script.