From: "John W. Kennedy" <jwkenne@...>
Date: 2006-10-08T13:25:05+09:00
Subject: Re: JRuby scripting for Mozilla?

Vincent Fourmond wrote:
> Kenneth McDonald wrote:
>> Vincent Fourmond wrote:
>>> Kenneth McDonald wrote:
>>>  
>>>> Given that JRuby runs on Java, and Java can, I believe be used to script
>>>> Mozilla, is anyone working on a way to use JRuby to script Mozilla?
>>>>     
>>>   I'm afraid you're making a common confusion: Javascript runs natively
>>> inside mozilla. Not Java. These two languages share the beginning of
>>> their name, but it's around all.
>>>
>>>  
>> Yes, but there is a Java plugin capability for Mozilla--I aware of the
>> difference :-). However,
>> I don't have any experience with Java/Mozilla myself, so I don't know
>> exactly how much
>> can be done (and can't check right now, as mozdev.org is down for
>> maintenance.)
> 
>   As far as I know (but I never wrote Java applets), Mozilla just gives
> a place where Java can display and get user interaction, but that's
> around all. I don't think you can directly interact with the browser
> from within a Java applet. So what you're looking for seems rather
> difficult.

There /is/ defined Java/JavaScript glue for when a Java applet is 
running embedded in an HTML page containing a JavaScript script.

-- 
John W. Kennedy
"The blind rulers of Logres
Nourished the land on a fallacy of rational virtue."
   -- Charles Williams.  "Taliessin through Logres: Prelude"