Kross

Kross is a scripting framework for KDE Frameworks. Originally Kross was designed for use in KOffice but eventually became the official scripting framework in KDE Software Compilation 4. Kross is designed to provide full scripting power for users of KDE applications, with a language of their own choice; and make it easy for developers targeting the KDE platform to enable their application with support for multiple scripting languages (without themselves needing to be proficient in any of them). The Kross scripting framework is not a scripting language itself. It merely serves to plug into KDE the support for other, already existing scripting languages. Currently supported are: Python, Ruby, and JavaScript and the Falcon Programming Language. Addition of other scripting languages is made easy by the modular architecture of the framework. Kross provides the following advantages over other approaches to enable scripting for desktop applications or desktop environments: The user is free to pick and use their favorite language for the scripting efforts The application developer does not need to know the specifics about a scripting language Other scripting languages can be easily added by writing a module/plugin for Kross. Comparison with other scripting frameworks