Putting quotation marks in Sublime Text configuration files

Question

I am trying to Run java class file with the new cmd window. But i want to add the pause command at finish to view the result, so i edit the file JavaC.sublime-build like this:

{
"cmd": ["javac", "${file}"],
"working_dir": "${file_path}",
"selector": "source.java",
"shell": true,
"variants":
[
    {
        "name": "Run",
        "cmd": ["start cmd /c", ""java ${file_base_name} & pause""]
    }
]
}

But it doesn't work, the "cmd": ["start cmd /c", ""java ${file_base_name} & pause""] mean i wanna process the command start cmd /c "java ${file_base_name} & pause" but sublime-text doesn't understand "".

Anyone can solve this?

what happens if you just have single quotes - `"cmd": ["start cmd /c", "java ${file_base_name} & pause"]` — MattDMo, Jul 21 '13 at 19:53
Escape them with backslash. Which means write \" instead of " — Taylan, Jul 21 '13 at 22:24
@MattDMo It will run but close instant because `pause` command is ignore. — duclvz, Jul 22 '13 at 03:01

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:49

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Sublime Text configuration files are JSON format.

JSON string escape rules can be read here

Example escape:

'{"a":5,"b":"a \\"kitty\\" mighty odd"}'

edited May 23 '17 at 11:49

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answered Jul 27 '13 at 08:29

Mikko Ohtamaa

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