http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Launch-a-macro-from-a-command-line-tp3697493p3697496.html
Do anyone know how to do it in OSX, that is, what is the equivalent of the
but I don't think it goes into the right folder... nothing happens.
> On Jan 20, 2008, at 6:58 AM, Christophe Leterrier wrote:
>
> > After looking for a solution, I found this:
> >
> > You can use Notepad++ (
http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/> > site.htm) and
> > configure the "Execute" menu to run the following command (assuming
> > the path
> > to ImageJ.exe is modified for your specific installation) :
> >
> > C:\Imagej\ImageJ.exe -macro "$(FULL_CURRENT_PATH)"
> >
> > as explained here :
http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm> >
> > and it will launch your current macro. The only small problem is
> > that if
> > your macro starts by asking to choose a file (and you're using a
> > test file
> > to program your macro), the default folder proposed in the open
> > dialog will
> > be the ImageJ.exe folder, i.e. it won't remember the specific path
> > to your
> > test file so you will have to have it not to far away from the
> > ImageJ.exe...
> >
>
> Hi,
>
> The ImageJ API documentation states that the "-macro" command line
> arguments may include an argument.
>
> See
http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/developer/api/index.html > ij > ImageJ
> API documentation...
>
> > The following command line options are recognized by ImageJ:
> <snip>
> > -macro path [arg]
> > Runs a macro, passing it an optional argument
> > Example 1: -macro analyze.ijm
> > Example 2: -macro analyze /Users/wayne/images/stack1
>
>
>
> Perhaps that would do it for you?
>
> Cheers,
> Ben
>
>
> > Christophe
> >
> > PS/ I also managed to get ImageJ installed on an external hard
> > drive, by
> > installing the MBF_ImageJ package and then adding the ImageJ.app
> > from the
> > regular OSX install into the ImageJ folder. Let alone the IJ_Prefs.txt
> > glitch (those using MBF_ImageJ under OSX will know what I'm talking
> > about),
> > what you get is a portable, multi-platform ImageJ install (as long
> > as the
> > machine you run it on have a proper Java installed for OSX, for
> > Windows I
> > think it uses the bundled java jre). So no more sync problem
> > between plugins
> > and macro between home and work computers, which was a real pain.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Jan 20, 2008 12:24 PM, Christophe Leterrier <
> >
[hidden email]> wrote:
> >
> >> Dear all,
> >>
> >> I'm using an external notepad to edit ImageJ macros under Windows XP
> >> (namely, Notepad2 from
http://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html),
> >> for
> >> syntax coloring, lines number display, easy indentation, etc...but
> >> I would
> >> like to have a simple way to run the macro directly from the
> >> notepad in an
> >> already open ImageJ, without having to go into ImageJ, dive into
> >> Plugins/Macros/Run to run it. Is there a simple command line/
> >> script that
> >> would allow me to do that ?
> >>
> >> On a related note, on OSX it is really easy because you can drag
> >> and drop
> >> the icon from the title bar of the notepad window (whatever editor
> >> you're
> >> using) into ImageJ and ImageJ will open the macro, so just drag
> >> and drop +
> >> command-R and you're good to go !
> >>
> >> Thank you,
> >>
> >> Christophe Leterrier
> >>
> >> Postdoc
> >> INSERM UMR641 Neurobiology of ionic channels
> >> IFR Jean Roche - Mediterranee University
> >> Marseille, France
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
> Ben Tupper
>
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