> From: Don Guinn > Sent: Friday, 11 June 2010 12:30 > > I was referring to config.ijs in ~user/config. When I first started > with J > it took me a while to understand how config.ijs and profile.ijs worked > together.
Ah I see. In J7 there is no longer a ~user/config/config.ijs. It has been replaced by a number of .cfg files in ~user/config. > And you're right profilex.ijs is not created if missing. > profile.ijs just attempts to run it. I mis-remembered. It's a little > confusing, but I hope profilex is kept. Agreed. > On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 7:17 PM, Sherlock, Ric wrote: > > > > From: Don Guinn > > > Sent: Friday, 11 June 2010 10:11 > > > > > > It's not really necessary to copy the template. As after I install > J I > > > just have to try it to see if it runs. After that, there is a > > > profilex_ijs already copied created by the initial run. Now edit to > > > suit. From that time on if I update J by installing on top of the > > > previous version as recommended, my profilex.ijs is left alone. > > > > I can't confirm that profilex.ijs gets created if it doesn't exist, > are you > > sure? Even if it does, the problem I anticipate with that method is > that > > you'll end up with two j602-user folders. An orphaned one created in > the > > default location (~home/j602-user) by the initial run and one > wherever you > > subsequently specify it to be in profilex.ijs. > > > > > Maybe it would be less confusing if profilex.ijs were named > profile.ijs > > > and what is now profile.ijs named something else, like startj.ijs. > > > To me, calling it profilex is confusing. Don't confuse people with > two > > > profiles running around. > > > > Most of this probably comes down to peoples' different ideas of what > > "startup" or "profile" mean (probably formed by past experience). > > > > Looking at profile.ijs the only thing it really does is define the > location > > of, and create, the J systemfolders. It then passes off to boot.ijs. > > profilex.ijs (if it exists) just customizes the location of the ~user > > systemfolder. So if they were to be renamed, maybe the following > would be > > appropriate. > > > > * profile.ijs --> boot_sysfolders.ijs > > * profilex.ijs --> boot_sysfolder_user.ijs (optional) > > > > > Of course, there is config.ijs to confuse people. Why is there a > > > startup and a config? Well, I know why. But to a new person it is > > > a little confusing. > > > > The only config.ijs I'm aware of is in ~addons/config. Are you > thinking of > > ~system/util/configure.ijs? I don't think that script is located > anywhere > > that should worry a new user? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
