In my case I am asking for a new TAB by explicitly calling for one in the ijx page. But I agree that popping up stuff that wasn't asked for is annoying.
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 11:17 AM, David Mitchell <davidmitch...@att.net>wrote: > I must admit that I have softened my absolute aversion to script-initiated > creation of web browser windows and, later, tabs, over the years. > > What initially bothered me, as I recall, was the offensive use of > unexpected > 'popup' browser windows and inappropriate automatic windows, tabs or > redirects. > > My current personal stance is that I don't mind "expected" new windows or > tabs > that are appropriate to the context of the site and the web page > functionality > and that are documented or implied by visual cues. > > Many of the commercial web sites that I use make some use of either popup > windows or new tabs. In general, I find that the context where a popup or > a new > tab is created to be reasonably clear and that its use enhances the > usability of > the site. > > ymmv > > On 1/28/2011 15:42, Eric Iverson wrote: > > I haven't quite come to grips with jhs opening a new tab under program > > control. This has been discussed in earlier beta messages. > > > > Currently the way in jhs is to run verb open (documented in jhelp) that > puts > > a link in the jijx window which you can then use as you see fit. > > > > open'~temp/edit.ijs' > > > > On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 12:08 PM, John Baker<bakerj...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> I am in the process of updating JOD for j701. One of most useful JOD > verbs > >> is "ed" which fetches a > >> a word, (or many words), from JOD databases, formats them as a script, > and > >> then opens that script for editing in what was a wd (.ijs) window. > >> > >> How do you open a script for editing in JGTK from the terminal session? > I > >> see the command on the > >> JGTK menu so it must be buried in there somewhere. I would like > something > >> like: > >> > >> editverb 'c:/the/script/to/edit.ijs' > >> > >> or > >> > >> editverb 'some big long character list that just happens to be a j > script' > >> > >> Extra points for doing exactly the same thing in the JHS environment - > >> opening a new browser tab with an > >> arbitrary script for editing. > >> > >> > >> jdb > >> > >> -- > >> John D. Baker > >> bakerj...@gmail.com > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- John D. Baker bakerj...@gmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
