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  1. <html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>Introducing BeanShell</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.73.2"><link rel="start" href="index.html" title="jEdit 4.3 User's Guide"><link rel="up" href="macro-basics.html" title="Chapter 13. Macro Basics"><link rel="prev" href="macro-basics.html" title="Chapter 13. Macro Basics"><link rel="next" href="single-macros.html" title="Single Execution Macros"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Introducing BeanShell</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="macro-basics.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 13. Macro Basics</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="single-macros.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="beanshell-intro"></a>Introducing BeanShell</h2></div></div></div><p>Here is how BeanShell's author, Pat Niemeyer, describes his
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  2.         creation:</p><div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p>&#8220;<span class="quote">BeanShell is a small, free, embeddable, Java source
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  3.             interpreter with object scripting language features, written in
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  4.             Java. BeanShell executes standard Java statements and expressions,
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  5.             in addition to obvious scripting commands and syntax. BeanShell
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  6.             supports scripted objects as simple method closures like those in
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  7.             Perl and JavaScript.</span>&#8221;</p></blockquote></div><p>You do not have to know anything about Java to begin writing your
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  8.         own jEdit macros. But if you know how to program in Java, you already
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  9.         know how to write BeanShell scripts. The major strength of using
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  10.         BeanShell with a program written in Java is that it allows the user to
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  11.         customize the program's behavior using the same interfaces designed and
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  12.         used by the program itself. BeanShell can turn a well-designed
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  13.         application into a powerful, extensible toolkit.</p><p>This guide focuses on using BeanShell in macros. If you are
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  14.         interested in learning more about BeanShell generally, consult the
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  15.         <a class="ulink" href="http://www.beanshell.org" target="_top">BeanShell web site</a>.
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  16.         Information on how to run and organize macros, whether included with the
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  17.         jEdit installation or written by you, can be found in <a class="xref" href="using-macros.html" title="Chapter 8. Using Macros">Chapter 8, <i>Using Macros</i></a>.</p></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="macro-basics.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="macro-basics.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="single-macros.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Chapter 13. Macro Basics </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Single Execution Macros</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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