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I am old school and make do without an IDE, but it works for me. I’ll let
> Hi Rainer,
>
> of course, the first thing to try is the macro recorder in JavaScript mode.
>
> Script languages call the Java API, so you have to look up the functions
> there.
>
> Starting points:
>
> - For run(...) functions, it is simply IJ.run, which can also take an
> ImagePlus argument to specify on which image to run the function. The
> ImagePlus is essentially what an image (with ImageID) is in macros, and
> it can hold a single image or stack.
> Each ImagePlus has an ImageProcessor, which just holds the data (if a
> stack, of the current slice), but no spatial calibration, etc.
>
> - Many ImageJ macro functions have an equivalent in IJ.java.
>
> - If I know the macro command and not the java code, usually I search
> for the code that executes the macro functions in:
>
https://github.com/imagej/imagej1/blob/master/ij/macro/Functions.java>
> For more complex functions like, e.g. the Plot.??? functions, there is a
> dispatch function, in this case doPlot(), and then the actual code is in
> separate functions called by doPlot(), such as setPlotColor().
>
> hth,
>
> Michael
> ________________________________________________________________
> On 10.10.19 13:47, Rainer M. Engel wrote:
> > I'm not a developer by profession, but became more and more accustomed
> > to it over the years. I started with small macros and want to sum up,
> > what is/was making this language attractive for the use within ImageJ.
> >
> >
> > Macro-Language:.......................................................
> > Macros can be recorded inside of ImageJ Plugins>Macros>Record and
> > extended by some logic found here:
> >
https://imagej.nih.gov/ij/developer/macro/macros.html> >
> > Using Fiji's script editor for macros helps you finding the right
> > function you may need, at least to the same extend useful to me is this
> > overview with all built-in functions:
> >
https://imagej.nih.gov/ij/developer/macro/functions.html> >
> >
> > Script-Languages:.....................................................
> > To automate things inside of ImageJ the Recorder (see above) can be
> > changed to output a desired language.
> > There are many examples available within the script editor of Fiji under
> > "Templates", or on other ImageJ/Fiji related websites and to some extent
> > the interactive search bar helps to find these.
> >
> > What I'm missing is some method overview like the macro language offers
> > for it's functions to make a text search, because often you know what to
> > achieve but you miss the spelling of a potential method/function.
> >
> > What IDE you would recommend for Jython, where I can see all available
> > methods of imported classes like Fiji's script editor is providing for
> > the macro language?
> >
> > Are there resources (easily searchable) to find fitting methods of
> > classes closely related to ImageJ or how do you achieve finding these?
> >
> >
> > Thank you in advance and I hope this will help others as well..
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Rainer
> >
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