Good to know, Felix. Please see if you can test it on one or another Linux distros - I had a hard time getting the script to work with some of them.
I think getting the script to work is an important milestone. It means that we can develop code with LeoJs in many other languages than javascript/txx On Sunday, June 9, 2024 at 10:22:40 PM UTC-4 Félix wrote: > I got it working with the julia setup you provided! thanks a lot for your > example. > > I also tried it with a simple shell script like this and it also worked > [image: example.png] > > and I also got the 'execute-general-script' command working so I'll > release a new LeoJS beta version with all the new stuff and recent fixes in > a day or two! > > :) > > Thanks again! > > On Sunday, June 9, 2024 at 5:48:42 PM UTC-4 tbp1...@gmail.com wrote: > >> Go, Félix! >> >> On Sunday, June 9, 2024 at 5:39:48 PM UTC-4 Félix wrote: >> >>> Merci Thomas! :) >>> >>> On Sunday, June 9, 2024 at 4:26:16 PM UTC-4 tbp1...@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>>> For the *execute-external-file* script*, *here is one of my test >>>> files, a tiny Julia file (of course, install Julia first): >>>> >>>> headline: @file julia-1.jl >>>> # function to calculate the volume of a sphere >>>> function sphere_vol(r) >>>> # julia allows Unicode names (in UTF-8 encoding) >>>> # so either "pi" or the symbol π can be used >>>> # return (4/3)*pi*r^3 >>>> return (4/3)*π*r^3 >>>> end >>>> >>>> vol = sphere_vol(3) >>>> >>>> # @printf allows number formatting but does not automatically append >>>> the \n to statements >>>> using Printf >>>> @printf "volume = %0.3f\n" vol >>>> >>>> For the command to find the Julia processor, you have to create an >>>> @data settings node named *@data run-external-processor-map, *like >>>> this one (.py scripts are hardcoded in, of course, and don't need to be >>>> included here): >>>> >>>> EXTENSIONS >>>> .jl: julia # Trailing comments are allowed >>>> .lua: lua >>>> .rb: ruby >>>> .nim: nim >>>> >>>> PROCESSORS >>>> julia: julia >>>> lua: lua >>>> nim: nim >>>> # Originally, ruby was not on the PATH, so we needed its full path: >>>> # ruby: C:\Ruby27-x64\bin\ruby.exe >>>> >>>> # After ruby was added to the PATH, we could use its bare name: >>>> ruby: ruby >>>> >>>> This command is supposed to open a new terminal window and run the >>>> command in it. The terminal *must* stay open after the external program >>>> ends so that the user can read any output (especially error messages!). >>>> The trickiest part of the command is figuring out the terminal launch >>>> command for Linux that will launch and stay open at the end, since there >>>> is >>>> no one standard method good on all Linux distros. My script uses some >>>> heuristics to try to get it right. These can include scanning the >>>> --help output of the candidate terminal, IIRC. >>>> On Sunday, June 9, 2024 at 3:56:45 PM UTC-4 Félix wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello Leonistas! :) >>>>> >>>>> I'm currently implementing and testing the *execute-external-file *& >>>>> *execute-general-script >>>>> *commands in LeoJS. >>>>> >>>>> *execute-external-file was made by Thomas around February 2023 while >>>>> execute-general-script was made by Edward around june 2021.* >>>>> >>>>> I was just wondering if anyone could send me >>>>> 'minimal/proof-of-concept' stripped down leo file(s) to test any of those >>>>> two commands. (with simple 'toy'/'hello-world' scripts to run with them) >>>>> If >>>>> you have a few minutes to spare to prepare such a thing... :) >>>>> >>>>> Thanks! >>>>> >>>>> Félix >>>>> >>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to leo-editor+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/leo-editor/9b11dcc5-9baf-443c-97bc-f4e4ca73272bn%40googlegroups.com.
