Lambdas, groups and other Lambdas

[5iver (Scott Rushworth)]

@moonwhaler

One might argue that openHAB itself is not the ideal system (yet) for “plug’n play lovers”, but it would be nice to get the additional scripting support right upon installing the system as is. Or maybe it is easier than I think, but since I am not that well informat (yet)

There is PR in review that greatly simplifies the installation of Jython and the helper libraries. You can try it out here…

[beta testers wanted!] Jython addon w/ helper libraries (requires OH 2.5.x)

I just submitted a PR that adds a core feature for a JythonScriptEngineFactory and it would be great to have some testers! Basically, this will allow for the installation of Jython including the core and community helper libraries through Paper UI, once the PR is merged. If you’d like to test it, you’ll need to… Have OH 2.5.x (S1778) or newer Shutdown OH Backup OH Download the addon and copy to $OPENHAB_HOME/addons/ (see here for more details). The jar contains the core and community helper l…