On 06/17/2014 12:19 PM, Rony G. Flatscher (Apache) wrote:
> Having created an oxt in the past that adds a scripting language (ooRexx) to 
> AOO as a macro language
> taking advantage of AOO's Java based scripting framework, I have been 
> wondering whether it may be
> interesting for supporters of other scripting languages to learn how to do 
> that, giving a
> presentation along the lines "Howto Turn Your Favorite Programming Language 
> into an AOO Macro
> Language Using AOO's Scripting Framework". 
> 
> The abstract might read something like: "Apache Open Office (AOO) defines a 
> scripting framework that
> can be exploited to add any programming language to Apache OpenOffice as a 
> macro language. This
> presentation introduces the necessary overview and knowhow to become able to 
> assess the effort to
> add your own favorite programming language to AOO. Although the AOO scripting 
> framework is
> implemented in Java it is possible to add non-Java-implemented programming 
> languages as demonstrated
> with the programming ooRexx which is itself implemented in C++. In addition 
> all scripting languages
> that support Java's "javax.script" framework could be added to AOO using 
> AOO's scripting framework."
> 
> One idea in this context would be to get maybe enough interested parties to 
> even create an AOO
> subproject that is aimed at supporting JSR-223 scripting languages out of the 
> box. "JSR-223"
> scripting languages are all those scripting languages that can bed used by 
> the Java "javax.script"
> framework.
> 
> Any comments, ideas, feedback to this idea?
> 
> ---rony
> 
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This sounds very interesting to me!

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