Add 'show build results only on a failed build' feature

README.md

@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ Set to `1` to trigger a build on save. By default, this is set to `1`. I.e., Sub
 * **filename_filter**
 SublimeOnSaveBuild matches the name of the file being saved against this regular expression to determine if a build should be triggered. By default, the setting has a value of `"\\.(css|js|sass|less|scss)$"`.
 
+* **show_build_window_on_failure_only**
+Set to `1` if you want the build window to display only upon a failed build. The default setting is `1`. This setting can be configured on a project level.
+
 Usage
 -----
 1. Make sure you have a build operation set up in your Sublime Text 2 project and you are able to build using `Control+B` (Linux/Windows) or `Command+B` (OS X).

SublimeOnSaveBuild.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import sublime
 import sublime_plugin
 import re
-
+import functools
 
 class SublimeOnSaveBuild(sublime_plugin.EventListener):
  def on_post_save(self, view):
@@ -15,10 +15,34 @@ def on_post_save(self, view):
  # Load filename filter. Again, a project level setting takes precedence.
  filename_filter = view.settings().get('filename_filter', global_settings.get('filename_filter', '*'))
 
+ # Check if we should automatically hide the build window 
+ auto_hide_build_window = view.settings().get('auto_hide_build_window', global_settings.get('auto_hide_build_window', True))
+
  if not should_build:
  return
 
  if not re.search(filename_filter, view.file_name()):
  return
 
+ # show the 'exec' view before building, so we can read from it afterwards
+ self.output_view = view.window().get_output_panel("exec")
+
  view.window().run_command('build')
+
+ if auto_hide_build_window:
+ self.num_polls = 0
+ # start polling for results every 100s
+ self.poll_for_results(view)
+
+ def poll_for_results(self, view):
+ build_finished = self.output_view.find('Finished', 0) != None
+
+ if build_finished:
+ errors = self.output_view.find('Error', 0)
+ if errors == None:
+ view.window().run_command("hide_panel", {"panel": "output.exec"})
+ else: 
+ if self.num_polls < 300:
+ sublime.set_timeout(functools.partial(self.poll_for_results, view), 200)
+
+ self.num_polls += 1