Macro Example

General

Macros written in jython/python can be run into jEdit quite easily in two ways

1. By calling them into the interpreter by the funciton _execMacro("name.py"). The name has to correspond to a file stored either in
   • [jEdit user's home dir]\jython, or
   • [jEdit home dir]\jython
2. By calling them from the BeanShell creating a macro which calls

   jython.JythonExecutor.execMacro("name.py") that behaves exactly as the former

Example

This example loads a web page via the Internet and puts its source on a jEdit buffer. It pops-up a dialog requiesting the address, it parses it and loads it on to a new buffer. It requires the standard libraries for jython.

Files:

• BeanShell macro: copy it to your preferred macro directory. It is a stanard macro which executes jython.JythonExecutor.execFile("load_web_page.py");
• Python macro: copy it to the jython\macro directory. It does the actual work