Hi Brian, I tried a variety of ways to address the files and when none worked I looked at the je definition.
je_z_=: 3 : 0 assert. 0~:#y if. -.+./y e.'/.' do. y=. '~/user/',y,'.ijs' end. if. -.fexist y do. ('NB. new file created',LF) fwrite y end. smoutput'<ioscmd>ed ',y,LF,LF,~jpath y i.0 0 ) I did try rewriting this to allow for the root files position but I couldn't come up with the proper way to reference. Late breaking news: As I was working through my reply I took another look at that fourth line and by substituting '/file.ijs' for y … it worked! I think before I had missed that the .ijs extension was required when the rest of the verb is removed. Thanks so much for your help Cheers, bob On 2012-05-17, at 1:00 PM, Brian Schott wrote: > Bob, > > Can't you edit them by prefixing with '/'? > > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 3:29 PM, bob therriault <bobtherria...@mac.com> wrote: >> Hi everyone, >> >> When I add files from my desktop through iTunes they are put in the root as >> expected. The question is how do I edit those files? If I use je then the >> ~user path is added and thus a new file is created, since the file I want to >> edit exists back at the root. >> >> Solutions to my challenge could include: >> >> Ways to access files in the root from the J app. >> Ways to move the files from the desktop into the user folder in the J app. >> >> I can do this by copying the original file and emailing it to the iPad, then >> opening the email and copying and pasting into the new file using je but I >> was hoping for a more straightforward approach. >> >> Down the road my goal is to be able to add the docs to the add ons within >> the J folder and then have local access to the help files while running J. >> (but for now I would just like to work with the files I have already created >> on my desktop) >> >> Cheers, bob >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > -- > (B=) <-----my sig > Brian Schott > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm