Can I minify an open file?
I can run an external tool on a file and pass it arguments to output to a new file. Boom. Minified. Everything there is great.
But I want to create an option called "Inline Minify", where it just minifies the contents of the opened/active tab and outputs the content into that tab (without saving)
Is this possible? Like "Send external tool output to current tab buffer" or something.
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Hi there,
>where it just minifies the contents of the opened/active tab and outputs the content into that tab (without saving)
Not really.
IDE will save file before executing External Tool. And there is no "put results back into the editor" functionality.
But you may try and configure that External Tool so it save the output into the same file. IDE will then re-read changes from disk. Or you can invoke "File | Synchronize" manually if needed. See if that will work.
OK. I have noticed an issue here and there (between changing Git Branches) where the IDE does not automatically detect the filesystem changes, and I have to invoke a : File | Synchronize to see the new options. But I also now note the External Tool section an option which states: Synchronize files after execution. Would doing so lose file modification history for undo? ie:
At the YOU_ARE_HERE state, I won't be able to perform UNDOs in order to get back to the pre-minified state or pre-Edit state, correct? Because of the file being saved and re-synced.
Not super sure.
Most likely ordinary Undo (Ctrl+Z) will do nothing ... but you can always use Local History to revert back to previous Saved state.
https://confluence.jetbrains.com/display/PhpStorm/Local+History+in+PhpStorm
I've never come across this local history. I will read into it!
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