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Re: [jsosa] Console Output in Terminal?

Hi Steve,

Instead of JSOSA, you may want to consider using a Java based JavaScript
engine:

For example...
http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mesh/archives/2003/12/shell_scripting.html

(I hope my suggestion that isn't sacrilege on this forum. :-)

Sincerely,
--Eljay

JSOSA:
http://www.latenightsw.com/freeware/JavaScriptOSA/index.html

JSOSA 2.0 (alpha) - modernize JSOSA for OS X:
http://www.latenightsw.com/freeware/JavaScriptOSA/jsosa2.html

Thu Jan 4, 2007 3:29 pm

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