Mike >BTW Micro$oft does not just delete delete stuff, i moves it to a bin, and >only empties that when it gets overfull ... so look for "$Recycle Bin". Has >saved my bacon many a time;-)
greg ~krsnadas.org -- from: Mike Day <[email protected]> to: [email protected] date: 20 June 2014 10:41 subject: Re: [Jbeta] new J802 beta Touche. Serves me right for teasing you about Pirate talk. >I usually do rename the old folder, but thought a cleaner installation might >get over that slow loading problem I'd had. (it hasn't!) >As for backing up - yes of course, but..... ie the same old story Thanks, Mike -- from: chris burke <[email protected]> to: Beta forum <[email protected]> date: 20 June 2014 08:14 subject: Re: [Jbeta] new J802 beta >The standard J installation puts ~user outside of ~install so as to preserve >it on uninstall. >Also, we only suggested a reinstall. J does not touch the registry, so the >easy thing to do is rename the old J802 folder as a backup before installing >again. >BTW, backing up every few weeks is asking for trouble. Why not backup every >day? -- from: Mike Day <[email protected]> to: [email protected] date: 20 June 2014 07:34 subject: Re: [Jbeta] new J802 beta >Because that's where it's always been! I had thought that this was tolerated >despite not being preferred. Same as I keep ws and myws folders under dyalog >apl despite that not being their recommendation. Mike -- from: bill lam <[email protected]> to: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> date: 20 June 2014 05:21 subject: Re: [Jbeta] new J802 beta >Uninstall should remove the ~install folder, ~addon is under ~install folder >so it will be removed. However ~user should be a separate folder created by >default profile. Why you would prefer putting ~user under ~install ? -- from: Mike Day <[email protected]> to: [email protected] date: 20 June 2014 03:08 subject: Re: [Jbeta] new J802 beta >I took you at your word and uninstalled J802 ready to reinstall from scratch, >taking the precaution of renaming user as user802 so it wouldn't get >overwritten or deleted. I did consider setting it as read-only but thought >better of it. Admittedly, my user folder sits under j802 rather than in >j802-user or whatever. >To my horror, I saw all user802 files and folders deleted. Luckily I do have a >back-up disk which is a few weeks old, but I've lost all recent stuff. Luckily >(!?) I was smart enough to copy addons and profile....ijs to another area, to >save time reinstating them later. >I thought (obviously wrongly) that uninstalls usually left user-defined files >and folders untouched. It might be worth warning other users of this feature. Now to see what goes wrong with install... -- from: Mike Day <[email protected]> to: [email protected] date: 20 June 2014 02:40 subject: Re: [Jbeta] new J802 beta >Aaaaargh - debugger be not ready for thee Beta Jay - sounds like my Avast in >"talk like a Pirate" (or parrot) mode! Thankee, Chris. >Seriously though - I continue to have J602 up and use its debugger when in a >J802 fix. OK for plain programming problems. Mike -- from: chris burke <[email protected]> to: Beta forum <[email protected]> date: 19 June 2014 21:17 subject: Re: [Jbeta] new J802 beta >We want to restore the Debugger sometime, but it not be ready for the J802 >release. -- from: Fraser Jackson <[email protected]> to: [email protected] date: 19 June 2014 20:57 subject: Re: [Jbeta] new J802 beta >Calling the Debugger from the Run menu used to be an option which I found very >useful. Is that likely to be restored? Fraser -- from: Joe Bogner <[email protected]> to: [email protected] date: 19 June 2014 19:20 subject: Re: [Jbeta] new J802 beta >Scrollbars and the editor looks great on my android samsung s4. Much more >usable. Thank you -- from: chris burke <[email protected]> to: Beta forum <[email protected]> date: 19 June 2014 19:03 subject: [Jbeta] new J802 beta A new 802 beta is available for most platforms. As before, install from http://www.jsoftware.com/download/j802/install. Please try reinstalling from scratch, thanks. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
