Raul, I just figured out why we are doing it differently. If you drag the j64-804 folder into the Applications folder, then no clicks work. But if you leave it in Downloads or drag it to <username> folder, then any clicks work.
On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 6:02 PM, Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 4:54 PM, Brian Schott <[email protected]> > wrote: > > However, your recommendation to launch apps by control-clicking and > > selecting Open seems unusual. Doesn't double clicking on the icon also > Open > > (launch) the app? So why control-click ... ? > > Because that was not working for me. > > I could not reliably select the icons with a single click and I > believe that selecting the item with single click is a pre-requisite > for double-click. > > > Another question I have is regarding your suggestion to place the j64-804 > > folder into the Applications folder instead of the <username> folder. I > > know that most apps are placed there, but this is not an app but a folder > > for an app. Somewhere I read that placing the J folder elsewhere from the > > <username> folder means that the user may be required to supply a > password. > > I cannot verify that because I have always installed in my brian folder. > > Yes, the user may be required to supply their login password. > > > Your instruction to open Terminal seems complex when all that is needed > is > > to double-click on the grey jcon to launch jconsole in Terminal. Perhaps > > the problem with my idea is that it only works if the j64-804 folder is > > placed in the <username> folder? Most non developers are unaware of > > Terminal, in my experience, so I would avoid even its mention. > > I'm comfortable with terminal, and believe that mac users should be > familiar with its presence, if not all of its potential, and that > influenced my writeup. > > That said, yes, you could unlock the grey J icon and use that instead. > > Thanks, > > -- > Raul > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- (B=) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
