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JYL Scripts

JYL (Jancy language) scripts provide a simple way to expand specific Jancy capabilities using a simple XML like syntax.

<jyl>
 <command id="close-current-tab" description="Close current tab">
   tw.closeTab({ mode: "active" })
 </command>
</jyl>

JYL Script Format

All JYL files start and end with a jyl tag.

<jyl>
  <tag>
    ...
  </tag>
  <tag>
    ...
  </tag>
  ...
</jyl>

Some of the tags that are supported between the start and end jyl tags are further defined in this secion and can also be expanded via Jancy plug-ins.

The jyl tag can have both optional user-version and user-desc attributes whose values will displayed on the JYL setting page.

<jyl user-version="1.0" user-desc="some text">
  <tag>
    ...
  </tag>
</jyl>

JYL Script Filename

JYL files are just text files with a .jyl file extension.

Adding Your Own JYL Script Files

Custom JYL files can be added to the userland jyl directory.

  • On Windows the jyl folder is located at %appdata%\Jancy\jyl
  • On MacOS the jyl foloder is locatd at ~/Library/Application Support/Jancy/jyl

Jancy will scan the jyl directory on startup or when told to via the Rescan JYL directory button in the Core settings panel.

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JYL Script Editor

On the JYL settings page you can find a script editor. You can choose from a select box the type of JYL script you want to create and it will fill out a template you can edit. The files will be saved to the JYL directory.

You can also edit the existing scripts by using the edit button on the table of JYL scripts. image info

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