The last compatibility test that EmEditor had with CrossOver Linux was in March 2022, about 2 and a half years ago.
https://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/crossover/emeditor

What has been the results with different types of Windows bottles? Please recommend or advise.

My testing showed that this is due to a delay until the V8 engine starts executing code.
The V8 engine is fast once it runs, in some cases extremely fast when compared to JScript.

Delay between call (execute macro) and the actual execution:
JScript ≈ 2ms
V8 ≈ 680ms

Execution time (calculated pi over 2’000’000 iterations):
JScript ≈ 1460ms
V8 ≈ 35ms

Curiosity Question:
What causes this delay?
V8 “JIT compiling” the code?
→ As outlined in
https://cabulous.medium.com/how-v8-javascript-engine-works-5393832d80a7

The reason for asking, is that the delay makes the V8 engine unsuited when a fast reaction is required.

PS If someone really wants to see the code … 😳

Caused by a V8 macro executing a second V8 macro synchronously.

Example code:

#language = "V8"
#async = "off"
editor.ExecuteMacro("runner.jsee", eeRunFile | eeMacroSyncOnly);

executes

#language = "V8"
#async = "off"
OutputBar.writeln("Hi there I’m runner!");

Removing the eeMacroSyncOnly flag does not raise an error but I`ll end up in a race condition. My application requires the first macro to wait until the second macro ends.

What works and doesn’t is:
✔️ JScript executing JScript synchronously
✔️ JScript executing V8 synchronously
✔️ V8 executing JScript synchronously
❌ V8 executing V8 synchronously 😞

Question:
Is there an alternative way to wait for the second script to end (e.g. a semaphore)?

Note that for my particular application #include is not an option.

let iScrollState = 0;

iScrollState = shell.GetKeyState(0x91);

if(iScrollState === 1) {
    alert("Scroll Lock is enabled");
} else if(iScrollState === 0 ) {
    alert("Scroll Lock is disabled");
} else if(iScrollState === -127) {
    alert("Scroll Lock is enabled and its key is down, i.e. pressed");
} else if(iScrollState === -128) {
    alert("Scroll Lock is disabled and its key is down, i.e. pressed");
} else {
    alert("Unexpected Scroll Lock state:" + iScrollState);
}

🙏 🙇

Thanks!

Thanks for your help. Sure, this possibility gladly always exists, a simple script could solve it too. It would just be easier, if EmEditor could already save it in the proper required format. Or is there a plugin available for that? Otherwise I’ll go down one of the roads, discussed before.

Thanks!

Kudos to https://superuser.com/questions/1163753/converting-text-file-to-utf-8-on-windows-command-prompt
+ reference https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.management/set-content?view=powershell-7.4#-encoding

I’m currently porting a project to the Nintendo Switch console. This project contains a lot of config files in UTF16 format. However, wchar_t on Switch is defined as 32 bit and there is no easy way to change this.

So my question is: Can I save / convert / export UTF-16 files to UTF-32 with EmEditor? I couldn’t find the format in the encoding list, so all help is much appreciated.

Thanks!
Kind regards
Marcus

(My macro does fully work now.)