What is "kross"

Kross is the new scripting framework for KDE SC 4, the latest version of the KDE SC. Originally Kross was designed for use in KOffice but eventually became the official scripting framework in KDE SC 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, 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 his/her 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.

Kross may refer to:

• Kross (surname)
• Kross (KDE), scripting framework for KDE 4
• Kris Kross, American teenage rap duo
• Kross SA, Bicycle Company
• Kross Brewery, Chilean craft beers 1

Kross is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Anna Moscowitz Kross (1891-1979), NYC Commissioner of Corrections 1954-1966
• David Kross (born 1990), German actor
• Eerik-Niiles Kross (born 1967), Estonian diplomat, politician and security advisor
• Jaan Kross (1920–2007), Estonian writer
• Kayden Kross (born 1985), American pornographic actress