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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 V1.65.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="jEdit 4.2 User's Guide"><link rel="up" href="macro-basics.html" title="Chapter 13. Macro Basics"><link rel="previous" 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></div></div><p>
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  2.    Here is how BeanShell's author, Pat Niemeyer, describes his creation:
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  3.   </p><div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p>
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  4.     &#8220;<span class="quote">BeanShell is a small, free, embeddable, Java source
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  5.     interpreter with object scripting language features, written in
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  6.     Java. BeanShell executes standard Java statements and
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  7.     expressions, in addition to obvious scripting commands and
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  8.     syntax. BeanShell supports scripted objects as simple method
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  9.     closures like those in Perl and JavaScript.</span>&#8221;
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  11.    You do not have to know anything about Java to begin writing your own
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  12.    jEdit macros. But if you know how to program in Java, you already know
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  13.    how to write BeanShell scripts.  The major strength of using
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  14.    BeanShell with a program written in Java is that it allows the user to
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  15.    customize the program's behavior using the same interfaces
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  16.    designed and used by the program itself. BeanShell can
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  17.    turn a well-designed application into a powerful, extensible toolkit.
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  19.    This guide focuses on using BeanShell in macros. If you are interested
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  20.    in learning more about BeanShell generally, consult the <a href="http://www.beanshell.org" target="_top">BeanShell web site</a>. Information
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  21.    on how to run and organize macros, whether included with the jEdit
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  22.    installation or written by you, can be found in
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  23.    <a href="using-macros.html" title="Chapter 8. Using Macros">Chapter 8, <i>Using Macros</i></a>.
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