Script Editor keeps falling back to Python (jython) #17

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1. hinerm

   changed the title [-]Opening python scripts defaults to Python (jython)[/-] [+]Script Editor keeps falling back to Python (jython)[/+] on Aug 24, 2025
2. hinerm commented on Aug 25, 2025

   

   hinerm

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   One idea for how this could work:

   • ScriptLanguages get an "active" flag or something to tell if they're ready
   • ScriptLanguageIndex needs to store languages in a multimap or equivalent
   • The index.by[name/extension] methods find the highest priority language that is active
   • The PyImageJ language is set to high priority with an active flag that checks if we're Launching in python mode
3. hinerm commented on Aug 25, 2025

   

   hinerm

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   A less invasive idea that I mostly hate:

   • Ship a non-functional PyImageJ script language on Fiji that just exists to notify users of its awareness and guides them to activating Python mode
   • Activating python mode.. swaps the jars? Or adds another, functional script language with high priority and maybe that just supersedes the low-priority broken one?
4. hinerm commented on Aug 25, 2025

   

   hinerm

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   I have a working prototype that requires refactoring to scijava-common:

   • https://github.com/scijava/scripting-python/tree/language-priority
   • https://github.com/scijava/scijava-common/tree/language-priority

   It seems to work as intended in that when we're in Java mode, the Jython language takes priority and handles python scripts. When we're in Python mode, the PyImageJ script language takes over. (one minor oddness is that the first time I open the script editor, it picks Jython even in Python mode.. but if I open a python script or swap tabs in the editor, it goes back to PyImageJ as I wanted)