RE: [ jEdit-users ] question about the Startup macro

[John G. <jge...@ny...>]

> Hello,
> I've searched the mailing list archives but didn't find any mention of
this so here goes :

> The Macros guide says the functions contained in the Startup macro are
made available to all
> other macros.
> Does this apply to global variables and macros called using runScript as
well ?

> My idea is to develop lightweight plugins using macros, and being able to
rely on some
> global namespace would be quite helpful.
> I suspect a call to  :

> BeanShell.runScript(
>            view
>           ,"myscripts/plugin.bsh"
>           ,false // Use same namespace as the
>                  // startup macro
>           ,true);

> Would do the job, but if not, are there any plans to provide such a
functionality ? I
> suspect providing a global namespace (including variables) for all macros
to use would not
> be too difficult.

> Cheers

> Brice


The BeanShell implementation will import variables from the startup macro
into the global interpreter namespace.  It also allows macros to be chained
to the startup macro, with similar effect.  I'm posting some demonstration
scripts at jEdit Macro Central.

John