I thought I'd better get started for real in v7, having continued in v6 for the last year.
I'm using Windows Vista, though I don't think that's particularly at issue here. It still suits me to install under my own folder, d:\j701, including the "user" folders. The advice is to modify profilex_template.ijs and save as (in my case) "d:\j701\bin\profilex.ijs " I did so, with the single modification being user=. install,'\user' but both JHS and JGTK front-ends continued to report my user folder as c:\Documents and Settings\mike\j701-user I searched for references to the string "profilex.ijs" within all files under j701; the only instances reported (other than in profilex.ijs and profilex_template.ijs themselves) were in some documentation, ie "odds_and_ends.htm" and "install.htm", both in addons\docs\help. so I decided that profilex.ijs isn't being detected by the start-up process. I therefore tried inserting the relevant changes from profilex.ijs into profile.ijs . Both front-ends now see my user folder (and temp etc) where I want them. So that's fine until I reinstall when presumably I'll need to remember to edit profile.ijs, which I had thought was deprecated. What have I missed? Should I be modifying the "shortcuts" that open the J IDE and the J console for the browser? I've just noticed Bill Lam's remark and your reply, both on 8/1/11: "Bill: | profilex_template.ijs can be killed off Eric: I think we still want to support profilex.ijs. I will look at this and make any necesary adjustments to both profile.ijs and profilex_template.ijs." Obviously Bill knows something I don't. What is the new mechanism he has in mind? Has the advice for installation changed? I've been using J for years (not v7, though); it must be a bit daunting for new users. Thanks, Mike On 07/01/2011 22:17, Eric Iverson wrote: > New J701 installers are available at the web beta page. > > These installers remove the beta designation (hopefully not prematurely, > just getting ready for the move to the download stable page). > > The JE is the final version and pacman can take care of the other stuff. > > We'll give it a little bit of time to settle down, perhaps build new > installers with latest pacman library and ide/jhs, and then it will be done. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
