Posted by
Stein Rørvik on
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Non-modal-dialog-with-Yes-No-Cancel-tp5024006p5024031.html
I do this today from the command line via a small wrapper macro. I have the "multiple instances listener" on.
The command line options I use from my external editor (EditPlus) is
-macro "C:/Users/steinr/ImageJ/Generic/Macro Compile Plugin.ijm" "$(FilePath)"
And the content of "Macro Compile Plugin.ijm" is
file = getArgument();
print("compile=" + file);
run("Compile and Run...", "compile=" + file);
The use of an extra macro causes a delay of a second or two but it is still much faster than doing it via the GUI. Multiple compiles do not launch a separate instance. I still need to activate ImageJ though as it is not brought to the foreground (and it should not).
I am doing this on Windows but it should work on any system.
Regarding ports, I usually have three instances of ImageJ running when working at the lab. I launch these using the -port option from my Windows scripts that controls the workflow. So I have a dedicated port number for batch jobs that may take hours to execute, a second one for medium long import-and-export jobs that may take a couple of minutes, and a third "normal" one with the default port number and multiple instance listener active for everything else that was launched without specifying a port number. This works great and there are zero conflicts.
I use a small JavaScript snippet to change the title of each ImageJ main window to be able to separate these, to avoid closing the long job instance by mistake. The two dedicated batch instances have batch mode always on, so that no windows pop up from these. I can inspect their progress in the Log window. I do nearly everything from the command line or registry connected scripts, so that I can just right click a file or folder and specify what to do. The only drawback from this is that there is no easy way to identify which ImageJ instance each of the three Log window belongs to. So I always have something verbose written there, so I can see which job the window is running.
Stein
-----Original Message-----
Sent: 12. oktober 2020 21:54
Subject: Re: Non-modal dialog with Yes No Cancel
Greetings,
I would like to compile and run a plugin in the currently running imagej instance from the commandline. The -o options tends not to work, i.e., left over lockfile(s) or lockfile pointing to imagej instance on another workspace (linux). Is there a ways to find an imagej instance's port number from within imagej? The -p option seems to work if you guess the port number correctly.
Thanks,
Fred
gvim:
map <silent> <F9> :silent w<bar>!imagej -o -e 'run("Compile and Run...","compile=%:p");'<CR>
On Mon, October 12, 2020 11:27 am, Stein Rørvik wrote:
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> use an external editor which launches ImageJ via the command line when
> writing or testing new macros.
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