Support Scripting Languages for plugins
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2016 3:46 pm
We (LexisNexis) are beginning to use oXygen more and more. However, we are only currently using it for the XML architects and engineers within the company. Our editors are all working in Arbortext Epic. The primary reason for this is that it has a high level embedded language for customisation. The requirement that any reasonably complex extension to oXygen (such as a dialog box) requires a Java developer limits the usability of oXygen.
Were oXygen to support plugin development in a higher level language (perhaps Lua or Javascript) we think that the use of oXygen in corporate environments like ours would definitely be higher. Perhaps something like the approach taken with ScriptCraft (minecraft mod development in Javascript via Rhine) could be done.
thanks
nic gibson (lead content architect @ lexisnexis)
Were oXygen to support plugin development in a higher level language (perhaps Lua or Javascript) we think that the use of oXygen in corporate environments like ours would definitely be higher. Perhaps something like the approach taken with ScriptCraft (minecraft mod development in Javascript via Rhine) could be done.
thanks
nic gibson (lead content architect @ lexisnexis)