sublime text plugin help: How to output to console using print in python

Question

I am using a plugin in sublime text called Sidebar Enhancements.

One of its functionality has some issue. So i added few print statements in the source code of the plugin

I am not able to see the print statements output in the console which I have put in the source code

Example something like this i changed the source code to.

class SideBarFilesOpenWithCommand(sublime_plugin.WindowCommand):
 def run(self, paths=[], application="", extensions="", args=[], multiple=False):
 print("Hello World")

I am expecting the Hello World to appear in the console (ctrl + `)

i.e

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• MattDMo: How are you executing this? A WindowCommand won't just run on its own, it needs to be triggered somehow. Where did you put this code? Also, your image is completely blurred out, making it entirely useless.
• Santhosh: in the image i want to show that i want the ouput at the console.
• MattDMo: That's great, but why did you blur everything out? It's not even clear that the image is of Sublime Text. But besides that, my other two questions are much more important. Where did you put the code in your question, and how are you executing it?

Answer 1

print() does go to console. I briefly thought it wasn't (which lead to some searching and finding this post) but I think my issue was an async callback, user error, or some other bit of computer nonsense that I haven't reproduced.

Make sure you don't accidentally have multiple copies of the code. You can add top level prints to ensure the file you are changing is the right file.

I made a demo using Tools > Developer > New Plugin... and saved it as delete.py,

import sublime_plugin
print('This plugin has been loaded.')
class DemoSideBarFilesOpenWithCommand(sublime_plugin.WindowCommand):
 def run(self, paths=[], application="", extensions="", args=[], multiple=False):
 print("Hello World, I am working!")

Then ran it in the console window.run_command('demo_side_bar_files_open_with')

You can see after "reloading plugin User.delete" has the print, so I know I have the right file, and that calling the command works. You might also need to restart sublime, there could be some code caching issue, I don't know if user plugins are treated differently than other ones. Even this, though, could hide something, maybe I saved it to the wrong folder, but it has much more info than blurring out most of the image.

I'd also recommend making a little demo so you don't need to blur as much for privacy, or whatever other concerns you have. I get that you were trying to be clear where you expected the print to be but there might be some hint that gets covered up.

For this screenshot I pulled off the tab then just covered up most of the filename as an example.

Good luck sleuthing!

Example sublime plugin printing to console