External tool doesn't set cursor line

[Thad Smith]

I am running an external batch file, which executes a Python script and writes a single line to stdout:

• S:\project\matchPPif\code>python matchPPif.py S:\project\matchPPif\code\testc.c 5
  3 4 4 27 27 28
  
  Tool completed successfully

I want to set the cursor to the line number in the fourth value (27 in this case). My tool regex is

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^\d+ \d+ \d+ (\d+) \d+

and settings
File:
Line: 1
Column:

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File: 
Line: 1
Column:

The cursor is on a line in the file being edited. After the tool runs, the cursor is in the Tool Output window. When I click on the original file window, the cursor position isn't shown. How can I get the editor to place the cursor on the selected line?

[AmigoJack]

Sounds like the same behaviour as in 8.1.2: cursor position inconsistency back from search result

[Thad Smith]

It works (version 7.4.0) and I misunderstood what was supposed to happen.

I was expecting the cursor to be placed immediately on the edited file. Instead it is in the Tool Output window. When I move the cursor to the output line and press Enter, it then selects the proper file and places the cursor on the correct line.

I attempted to automate the whole process, using a macro to execute the external program, then select the output line in the Tool window, but apparently a macro cannot execute an external tool.