Re: [Schemeway-user] Eclipse scripting in scheme?

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Alan,

>Dominique Boucher said that SchemeScript could be used to script
>Eclipse.
>
>Is that true?  I took a look at the referenced (SchemeWay) project web
>site, and from what I can tell from there, it looks as if SchemeScript
>is just an editor for scheme code.  There doesn't seem to be any way
>to hook into the running Eclipse classes.

SchemeScript is not jus an editor. It also provide several ways to interact 
with Scheme interpreters. One of them is "Embedded Kawa", an instance of the 
Kawa Scheme interpreter running inside of Eclipse. This interpreter runs in 
the same context as the plugin itself (JVM, classpath, etc.) So it can be 
used to access all classes visible from the SchemeScript plugin (core 
Eclipse APIs, SWT, JFace, JDT, and a lot more).

For instance, when pressing ALT-CTRL-SHIFT-T in the Scheme editor, 
SchemeScript tries to replace the symbol near the cursor position by the 
fully-qualified name of the class referenced by the symbol. This is done by 
introspecting the JDT. Also, most of the cursor movement commands are 
implemented directly in Scheme. These commands have all been developed 
interactivel, i.e. by entering their code in the editor, evaluating them, 
and testing them, all that without having to restart Eclipse or launching a 
new one.

Here is an other example:

http://theschemeway.blogspot.com/2006/10/scripting-eclipse-with-schemescript.html


Dominique Boucher