I don't use projects for everything. In fact, I only know how to use one project and everything gets added to it. I use one version of J to work on that project. I'm using 803 for that at the moment. In 8.03, recent files will load my whole project from one file. That's fine because there may be 20+ files in my project, but I don't want to load them all in the editor anyway.
I use 8.04/8.02 and other versions for small related files without making a project. Since I don't know how to switch/manage projects, If I were to start a 2nd unrelated big project, I'd probably dedicate a version of J to that as well :P. I may know the filename I want to create right now, but I don't know the 5+ other files I feel would be a criteria for starting a project, since as you may be able to tell by now, I don't understand projects very well. Not speaking for everyone, but I'm sure others want to create a file without a project, and then have the convenience of recent files to use them again. The convenience is missed especially with crashes. Though a really nice feature in 804 was the expanded Open folder, so I was able to work around my recent files list. ----- Original Message ----- From: chris burke <[email protected]> To: Beta forum <[email protected]> Cc: Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 10:57 PM Subject: Re: [Jbeta] new files getting added to recent files list OK. The rationale for this is that File|New temp is assumed to be a script outside of the current project, and so a suitable candidate for recent files. Otherwise a simple File|New will create a script in the current project directory, which is assumed to be a normal project script. Project scripts do not get added to the recent files list, since just opening the project will give you access to those scripts. On 22 September 2015 at 18:36, 'Pascal Jasmin' via Beta <[email protected]> wrote: > I usually have a filename in mind when I make a new file, and so don't use > new temp. I see that it does work for temp files. I was not envisioning a > benefit of cluttering the recent file list with only temp files, much less > both the temp and saved as file, and then not an intentional new (with > filename in mind) file. > > There can be unvoluntary J restarts when working with dlls or keybindings. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: chris burke <[email protected]> > To: Beta forum <[email protected]> > Cc: > Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 9:13 PM > Subject: Re: [Jbeta] new files getting added to recent files list > > The specific feature added was that if you created a new file and then did > a save as, the save as file would be added to the recent list. > > The original new file should already have been added to the list. For > example, select File|New temp from the menu, and this should add the temp > file name to the recent list. This works for me in the latest 804 beta. > > On 22 September 2015 at 16:47, 'Pascal Jasmin' via Beta < > [email protected]> > wrote: > > > This was a feature added to previous release. I'm not sure if I've been > > upgrading correctly, but new files are not being added to my recent list. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
