plugins.config and static functions with more than 1 argument

[Olivier Burri]

Hi all,

I've been trying to use Macro_Runner.runMacroFromJAR method inside a plugins.config file with no success

The text inside plugins.config is:
Plugins>MyFolder, "My Macro", Macro_Runner.runMacroFromJar("Something.ijm", "")

The result is that in IJ's menu I get this:
My Macro", Macro_Runner.runMacroFromJar("Something.ijm

From testing various things, it seems that static functions with more than 1 argument cannot be used. Is this correct?

All the best

Oli

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[Alan Brooks]

Hi Oli,

I have also had the same problem. I would like to distribute a suite of macros and plugins all as a single jar, but I don't know if it is possible.

My current work-around is to package the macros separately from the jar and then reference them in plugins.config as such:
Plugins>MyFolder, "My Macro", ij.plugin.Macro_Runner("UnpackedSuiteMacros/Best_Macro_Ever.ijm")

Ideas would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Alan

[dscho]

Hi Alan,

On Wed, 16 Jul 2014, Alan Brooks wrote:

> I have also had the same problem. I would like to distribute a suite of
> macros and plugins all as a single jar, but I don't know if it is
> possible.

It might appear to be a splendid idea to just send a .jar via email to
your collaborators. But as soon as you have to juggle more than a single
revision of *every* contains macro and plugin, it gets pretty tedious.

Another pretty big disadvantage of putting macros into .jar files is that
they cannot easily be edited (enhanced, modified, improved, fixed, etc)

> My current work-around is to package the macros separately from the jar and
> then reference them in plugins.config as such:
> Plugins>MyFolder, "My Macro",
> ij.plugin.Macro_Runner("UnpackedSuiteMacros/Best_Macro_Ever.ijm")

As I wrote in a mail yesterday, if you use Fiji or ImageJ2 (but not yet if
you use bare-bones ImageJ 1.x), putting your macro into

        plugins/Scripts/UnpackedSuiteMacros/Best_Macro_ever.ijm

it will be installed into the (new) top-level menu "UnpackedSuiteMacros"
instead of the "Plugins" menu.

> Ideas would be appreciated.

http://imagej.net/How_to_set_up_and_populate_an_update_site

Ciao,
Johannes

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[Alan Brooks]

Hi Wayne,

I had not seen the Jar Resources Demo. I appreciate the tip. I may not use
it to package stand-alone plugins but it will be useful to be able to
include some resources I was trying to package nicely.

Cc'ing the mailing list in case someone in the future is looking for the
same thing.

Regards,
Alan


On Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 11:26 AM, Rasband, Wayne (NIH/NIMH) [E] <
[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hi Alan,
>
> Have you looked at the "JAR Resources Demo" plugin at
>
>     http://imagej.nih.gov/ij/plugins/pcl-demo.html
>
> It demonstrates how to include text files, images and macros in jar files.
>
> Best regards,
>
> -wayne
>
> On Jul 17, 2014, at 12:11 AM, Alan Brooks wrote:
>
> > Hi Oli,
> >
> > I have also had the same problem. I would like to distribute a suite of
> > macros and plugins all as a single jar, but I don't know if it is
> possible.
> >
> > My current work-around is to package the macros separately from the jar
> and
> > then reference them in plugins.config as such:
> > Plugins>MyFolder, "My Macro",
> > ij.plugin.Macro_Runner("UnpackedSuiteMacros/Best_Macro_Ever.ijm")
> >
> > Ideas would be appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Alan
> >
> >
> >
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