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Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 00:26:30 +0000
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As numerous people on ICQ, including Tuomas, have voiced support, I guess
we're going to implement the key bindings in a normal scripting language,
with code being put in cells. (It's great we have the external editing stuff,
isn't it? ;) ) I think Jython would be a good choice for a language,
as it is stable, has great Java integration, and is pure Java (no JNI).
(Of course we'll want to support a number of languages, but this is a
nice start.)

So, here are a few thoughts and attempts about that.Aat

-- Bnj, 2002-03-13eCalling

One tricky question is how to pass parameters to stuff in some cell.
The problem is that it would be nicest if you could just start typing
a chunk of code, not having to worry about writing a formal function
definition or anything like that. It should be possible to do one-liners
where appropriate (which is pretty often)...

I guess it'll be best to initialize the namespace with some parameters
when calling. That means, we could set a variable 'zz_window' to hold
the current window, and so on. That way, we could also add new params later
without having to rewrite the function definition in *every* cell that
holds a Jython key binding.

- Benja