Zugg Software :: View topic - [2.04] Specify Function Language at the command line

Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 3:51 am

There doesn't seem to be a way to specify the language for function from the command line.

This may be by design, but I just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something.

Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 4:07 am

Nope, can't be done. The TINTIN-like script syntax doesn't work. You can use Ctrl+' to change the language on the command line, but that's it. Allowing for multiple languages was one of the aims of the new XML format.

Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 6:01 am

You can also execute a Lua script from within zScript using the #LUA command. But this won't return a value. But Fang is correct...there isn't going to be any way to do this on the command line...too many arguments already. You'll need to use the GUI.

Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 2:01 pm

No worries, I was actually just following up on a question that was asked to me. I do most of my coding the package editor.

Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 6:10 pm

Didn't you just recreate the #FUNCTION command though? I'm assuming the only use for specifying the language would be with the new functions that have the new returns.

Since it's a new command you could change it so that it's first argument is required and equates to a valid scripting language.

Though I can see why there isn't much point as we're trying to encourage sharing of code through the package library and xml.

Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 6:33 pm

No, you can have different scripting languages for any script: Function, Alias, Trigger, Event, etc. So it's not just the #FUNCTION command. I'm not adding any more obscure command line arguments because I'm trying to encourage people to use the GUI.

Also, if you set the Default Language in the Preferences, then any new script will be created in that language. In theory you could use %pref("DefLanguage","Lua") to change the default to Lua within a script, then change it back to zScript.

Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 8:12 pm