I'll take your word for it that the \bin directory is best in the long run. You're usually right about stuff like that.
And, I'm glad that I can rename J\j602 to J\ and expect it to work. But I want to go back to the original point: why should I have to go to that trouble? I'm installing J on about 50 machines - why should I have an extra step to go through? >From my point of view, you let me say Custom Install, you ask me where I want the folder to go, and I tell you. If the system will work in the folder I give you, why wouldn't you just use that folder? You are costing me a significant amount of time, for zero gain as far as I can tell. Am I missing something? The .bat file might work out, as long as it doesn't leave a window up, & I'll look into it; but I think my point still stands. I'd rather not have to edit a bat file on every machine. Henry Rich > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Iverson > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 10:37 AM > To: Beta forum > Subject: Re: [Jbeta] I select a folder, but it installs into > a subfolder > > I agree that the disruption to established users in this release is a > nuisance. I think that it the long run it is for the general good. > > For particular problem you can simply remove the j602 folder > level when you > want to change an install to be your production install. > > Or you could rename the jxxx to be jproduction and use > jproduction hardwired > in all your shortcuts. > > Or, for maximum flexibility you could have your shortcuts run > C:\jproduction.bat and then all you have to do to switch > systems is to edit > the bat file to have the correct c:\j\jxxx\bin.exe. > > In unix this kind of problem is dealt with by symlinks. The > bat idea is a > simple variant on this that works in windows. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Henry Rich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'Beta forum'" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 10:03 AM > Subject: RE: [Jbeta] I select a folder, but it installs into > a subfolder > > > >I have shortcuts on dozens of machines that launch my applications. > > The shortcut starts C:\J\j.exe. Obviously, I don't want to have > > to go around changing all the shortcuts every time a new release > > comes along, so I always install J into C:\J (or C:\Jbeta while > > testing - I have shortcuts for that too). > > > > It hurts that you are moving j.exe to \bin, as I will have to > > update the shortcuts to reflect that. But I have hope that > > you won't be changing the directory structure every release, so > > I would still like to be able to give the root folder name. > > Agreed that 'at some point the J System needs to dictate > > folder names', I just don't see why this point should be the J root > > folder. The code seems to work with the folder moved, so why not > > put it where I tell you to? > > > > I guess the point is that you envision a setup where users have > > j601, j602, etc directories, and that's just not how I want to run. > > > > Henry Rich > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Iverson > >> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 9:37 AM > >> To: Beta forum > >> Subject: Re: [Jbeta] I select a folder, but it installs into > >> a subfolder > >> > >> This is the intended behaviour. > >> > >> At some point the J System needs to dictate the folder names. > >> You don't ask > >> to change bin or system or main or extras. The J folders are > >> rooted in j602. > >> > >> Why isn't C:\J\j602 adequate for your requirements? > >> Presumably, eventually > >> you would add C:\J\j603 alongside j602. > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Henry Rich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: "'Beta forum'" <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 10:10 PM > >> Subject: [Jbeta] I select a folder, but it installs into a > subfolder > >> > >> > >> >I haven't been able to install previous betas, as I needed > >> > the new engine. Now I want to install into the directory > >> > C:\J > >> > > >> > and there seems to be no way. When I set Custom and select that > >> > folder, it installs into > >> > C:\J\j602 > >> > > >> > Isn't this an error? > >> > > >> > Henry Rich > >> > > >> >> -----Original Message----- > >> >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Iverson > >> >> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 9:28 PM > >> >> To: Beta forum > >> >> Subject: [Jbeta] j602fbeta for win and win64 > >> >> > >> >> The j602fbeta for win and win64 is available at the web site. > >> >> > >> >> This beta has a new J Engine. > >> >> > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> >> 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
