Amaya and shell commands

Hello,

I'm using (or abusing) Amaya as a front end to a home-cooked tool chain 
that converts XHTML to Lout to PS to PDF code. As part of this process, 
I'm doing some macro expansion,  i.e. I type
[if[someFigure],  which when expanded inserts some custom XHTML markup 
for a figure and a legend along with some default formatting 
instructions for Lout. It currently works this way:

- save file from Amaya -> triggers tool chain
- reload file

Is it feasible to add some command to Amaya that would
- save the file
- issue a configurable shell command on it
- reload it
?

This might also be handy for people looking to do some XSLT or whatever 
on their files while editing.

BTW, I tried to start amaya 9.51 from the command line (on Windoze XP), 
but it only gives me two empty alert boxes and then dies. If I use the 
'run' command in the start menu, it opens a folder view of amaya instead 
of starting the program. It works alright on icon clicking, though - not 
sure what's wrong here.

Thanks for your time and consideration, Michael

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Michael Palmer
Dept. of Chemistry
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario
N2L 3G1

Phone: (519) 888 4567 ext 35100
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