[text-editor] How to run a program in Atom Editor?

I found Atom editor as good free alternative to Sublime text editor. Not able to find a straightforward way to run a program in Atom editor. In my case, I am trying to run a java program. Please let me know if it's possible? If yes, please describe the steps to follow.

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  1. Click on Packages --> Commmand Palette --> Select Toggle.
  2. Type Install Packages and Themes.
  3. Search for Script and then install it.
  4. Press Command + I to run the code (on Mac)

In order to get this working properly on Windows, you need to manually set the path to the JDK (...\jdk1.x.x_xx\bin) in the system environment variables.


You can run specific lines of script by highlighting them and clicking shift + ctrl + b

You can also use command line by going to the root folder and writing: $ node nameOfFile.js


You can try to use the runner in atom Hit Ctrl+R (Alt+R on Win/Linux) to launch the runner for the active window. Hit Ctrl+Shift+R (Alt+Shift+R on Win/Linux) to run the currently selected text in the active window. Hit Ctrl+Shift+C to kill a currently running process. Hit Escape to close the runner window


This package in Atom can run scripts.

Atom script package

press Alt+X for the running script.
For running javascript you need to install 'node js'

Also pressing ctrl+shift+i in atom gives developer option like chrome

you can test javascript code side by side in atom editor.


For C/C++ programs there's very good package gpp-compiler.

Shortcuts:

  • To compile and run: F5
  • To debug: F6

You can go settings, select packages and type atom-runner there if your browser can't open this link.

To run your code do Alt+R if you're using Windows in Atom.


I find the Script package useful for this. You can download it here.

Once installed you can run scripts in many languages directly from Atom using cmd-i on Mac or shift-ctrl-b on Windows or Linux.


If you know how to launch your program from the command line then you can run it from the platformio-ide-terminal package's terminal. See platformio-ide-terminal provides an embedded terminal within the Atom text editor. So you can issue commands, including commands to run your Java program, from within it. To install this package you can use APM with the command:

$ apm install platformio-ide-terminal --no-confirm

Alternatively, you can install it from the command palette with:

  • Pressing Ctrl+Shift+P. I am assuming this is the appropriate keyboard shortcut for your platform, as you have dealt ith questions about Ubuntu in the past.
  • Type Install Packages and Themes.
  • Search for the platformio-ide-terminal.
  • Install it.