> From: Eric Iverson > > jhs version 1.5 is available. Future coments should be based on this > version. > ... > > My current thinking is that the base J701 system for all platforms will > be > in these general terms: > 1. JE > 2. jconsole > 3. jhs > 4. JAL (in both jconsole and jhs) > ... > 7. everything else comes through JAL > > Everything from JAL includes: help, labs, demos, examples, j.exe, GTK, > j.jar, alternate and more powerful jhs implementations, etc. > > jhs will be kept as simple, lean, and mean as possible. > ... > Power users will head of in many different directions and that is what > JAL facilitates.
That sounds good to me. However it would be nice to make it easy to configure/transform a base system for various target usage scenarios - particularly for beginning users to get them up and running easily. This may simply involve providing some sort of "JAL profiles" that automatically installing the appropriate JAL modules for that usage scenario. At its most basic it could take the form of a new left argument for the jconsole JAL e.g. "ConfigureProfile", or "Profile". 'Profile' jpkg 'New User' 'Profile' jpkg 'Full' 'Profile' jpkg 'Studio' Obviously it would be possible to pretty this up and make it even more user-friendly in the jhs JFE. Say an intro blurb that contains instructions/links. The blurb could have a checkbox to turn it off in the future, much like the current splash screen in jwd. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
