Those are the same numbers I get so I suspect you have the latest version. I don't use a Mac but in both Linux and Windows those help menu items open the relevant web pages in my browser. Sounds like there might be something wrong with the way the browser is being called on Macs?
Regarding the popup windows you get from Release Highlights, Labs & Context Sensitive, I'm sure these are just place holders for planned functionality that hasn't been implemented yet. Looking at the source repository, it appears that a Qt GUI version of the Package Manager is under development. In the meantime it is possible to use jpkg from jqt. i.e.: load 'pacman' NB. loads the package manager 'update' jpkg '' NB. updates your local cache with latest info from JAL If any addons and/or the base library needs upgrading you will be notified. At which point you can run: 'upgrade' jpkg '' NB. upgrades any installed & upgradeable addon Note that the above won't update the jqt binaries because they aren't part of JAL (they don't get installed in ~addons/, they need to be installed in ~bin/). To do that you'll run install 'qtide' again as you have just done. I imagine new version of the binaries will be announced in this forum as required. On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 11:05 AM, Murray Eisenberg <[email protected]>wrote: > > On 13 Mar 2013 09:23:07 +1300, Ric Sherlock <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Depends where you are starting from! ;) > > > > If you don't already have a J8 beta installation then yes. > > If you do have a J8 beta installation, then to get around the file name > > issue that Raul hit I'd do this: > > * Open j8 console > > load 'pacman' > > 'update' jpkg '' > > 'upgrade' jpkg '' > > > > * Restart j8 console (to make sure latest base library is in use) > > install 'qtide' > > > > Follow the instruction to start the jqt interface. > > I have an existing J8 beta installed under OS X, so I used the steps you > show above. But: > > (1) I don't know whether I have the current qtide. When I open jqt and > select the About jqt801 menu item, I see: > > Engine: j701 / 2011-01-10/11:25 build: Feb 6 2011 16:16:29 > Library: 8.01.007 > Qt IDE: 1.0.2 > > Unlike most non-Apple apps, there's no Check for Update menu item that > would tell me whether I have the latest version. > > (2) The Help menu items still don't work: > > Help > General Info does nothing > Help > Release Highlights gives pop-up window "Release Highlights" > with a big "!" icon and an OK button. > Help > Vocabulary does nothing > Help > Constants " " > Help > Control Structures " " > Help > Foreign Conjunction " " > Help > Release Notes gives pop-up window "Release Notes" with > a big "!" icon and an OK button. > Help > Dictionary does nothing > Help > Studio has just one item, Labs > Help > Studio > Labs gives pop-up window "labs" with a big > "!" icon and an OK button. > Help > Context Sensitive gives pop-up window "context sensitive" > with a big "!" icon and an OK button. > > A big omission, which I hope is temporary, is no menu item for doing > add-on or base library updates. > > --- > Murray Eisenberg [email protected] > Mathematics & Statistics Dept. > Lederle Graduate Research Tower phone 413 549-1020 (H) > University of Massachusetts 413 545-2838 (W) > 710 North Pleasant Street fax 413 545-1801 > Amherst, MA 01003-9305 > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
