Atom-to-Illustrator

Description

Atom to Illustrator is an extension for Atom that allows you to execute a JSX file in Illustrator. Sourced from atom-to-photoshop.

Notes below are borrowed from the original atom-to-photoshop readme.

Usage

This extension works on Atom's current document.

If your file is saved, the extension will execute the script using its local path, otherwise it will execute it through a temporary file.

Click on the atom-to-illustrator > Run menu item, or hit the shortcut ctrl-alt-shift-p to execute your script.

Shortcuts:

Run - ctrl-alt-shift-p
Toggle Console - ctrl-alt-shift-o
Clear Console - ctrl-alt-shift-c

Include external files

If your script file is saved, the extension will load your script path and execute it. This makes it easier to use ExtendScript's #include to load relative external files.

#include "~/Development/personal/descriptor-info/jsx/descriptor-info.jsx"

If your file is not saved, the extension will execute your script through a temporary file, making it impossible to load external relative files using #include. Absolute paths will always work.

Log to the console

This extension has an internal module that recreates JavaScript's console module, including a way to log a JSON.stringify response.

You can use functions in your code such as:

console.log( 'Hello' );
// Returns: [log: 16:16:2.649] Hello

console.info( 'Hello' );
// Returns: [info: 16:16:23.823] Hello

console.error( 'Hello' );
// Returns: [error: 16:16:37.985] Hello

console.stringify( { foo : 'bar' } );
// Returns: [stringify: 16:16:50.185] {
    "foo": "bar"
}

This extension also allows the use of ExtendScript's native $.write and $.writeln functions to log to the console using JSON.stringify.

$.writeln( "Hello" );
// Returns: [log: 16:20:34.337] "Hello"

$.write( "Hello" );
// Returns: [log: 16:20:37.171] "Hello"

A console will show up at the bottom of your editor displaying any messages returned from the executed script. Errors will display in red.

Known Limitations