The future of the macro language, Re: Changing fonts in macros for the Series Labeler

Posted by dscho on Nov 09, 2012; 10:10pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Changing-fonts-in-macros-for-the-Series-Labeler-tp5000755p5000766.html

Hi Graeme,

On Fri, 9 Nov 2012, Graeme Ball wrote:

> a question about ImageJ(2) scripting - going forward, it seems the
> original ImageJ macro language will continue to be supported - but do
> you consider it deprecated? and if so, do you see one of the existing
> scripting options becoming a new standard? Javascript perhaps?

The macro language will be limited to the legacy layer. We will provide a
very similar interface using Beanshell (http://fiji.sc/Beanshell_Scripting)
that will be able to call ImageJ2-specific functionality, but not all
macros will run unchanged.

Ciao,
Johannes

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