I do not understand why you insist on using an absolute path: 'Source';'y:\jal\trunk';0
instead of a relative path: 'Source';'~user/jal/trunk';0 > From: bill lam <[email protected]> > > It is impossible in J602. > > A typical config.ijs contains folder such as > > USERFOLDERS=: 0 : 0 > 'Projects';'~user\projects';0 > 'User';'~user';0 > 'System';'~system';0 > 'Addons';'~addons';0 > 'Classes';'~system\classes';0 > 'Examples';'~system\examples';0 > 'Extras';'~system\extras';0 > 'Help';'~system\extras\help';0 > 'Main';'~system\main';0 > 'Packages';'~system\packages';0 > 'Phrases';'~system\examples\phrases';0 > 'jproject';'j:\jproject\trunk';0 > 'Source';'y:\jal\trunk';0 > ) > > You can see user defined projects always be in the form of absolute > path with a drive letter in windows. What Henry and I refer to > this problem but not files that relative to system/user folders. > > > On Sun, 15 Nov 2009, Oleg Kobchenko wrote: > > This is getting too overcomplicated. I suggest > > simplifying your environment rather than jumping > > through artificially constructed hoops. > > > > J has the ability to work with relative folders. > > Folders relative to where it is started or relative > > to a constant configuration. > > > > You could run J from a USB drive, but it is better to > > use USB drive only as a transfer/back up media, and > > copy the files to a desktop. Even if these are different > > desktops: Mac, Linux, Windows--you should be able to > > do your stuff without absolute paths, let alone drive > > letters. > > > > That's how addons work. It would have been a nightmare > > to handle absolute paths or drive letters. Instead of > > USB drives, the SVN is used for addons and it works nicely > > between platforms. > > > > > > [---=| TOFU protection by t-prot: 103 lines snipped |=---] > > -- > regards, > ==================================================== > GPG key 1024D/4434BAB3 2008-08-24 > gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 4434BAB3 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
