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Thanks ! My previous commandline works also, thanks to Dscho, and it doesn't
open a second ImageJ or close it at the end (which is good). I just get this
> Hi,
>
> I just tried it the following way on MacOS 10.4 (can't remember which
> cat that is).
>
> Since the ij.jar is buried inside the ImageJ.app (which is a
> directory really, try Ctrl-Click on the ImageJ.app icon and then
> select Show Package Contents from the context menu) you have to
> explicitly expand the path to it.
>
> [Sei:/Applications/ImageJ] Ben% java -jar -mx256m ImageJ.app/Contents/
> Resources/Java/ij.jar -macro "Arrays.txt"
>
> If you do not have an instance of ImageJ running then it will close
> at the end of the macro's run. Otherwise, ImageJ will stay open.
>
> Hope that works for you, too.
>
> Cheers,
> Ben
>
> On Jan 21, 2008, at 9:32 AM, Christophe Leterrier wrote:
>
> > Do anyone know how to do it in OSX, that is, what is the equivalent
> > of the
> > Windows command:
> >
> > C:\Imagej\ImageJ.exe -macro "my macro"
> >
> > in OSX ? I tried
> >
> > java -jar -mx256m ij.jar -macro "my macro"
> >
> > but I don't think it goes into the right folder... nothing happens.
> >
> > Any ideas ?
> >
> > Christophe
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Jan 20, 2008 1:30 PM, Ben Tupper <
[hidden email]>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> 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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> >>
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