I am very much affected by this too because of the ö in my name. I would like all of J to go under j701 and have that as an install option.
2011/1/9 Eric Iverson <[email protected]> > The current installers are missing the code to support profilex.ijs. This > was an oversight and has been corrected and will be reflected in the next > version of the installers. > > That is, with the next installers the system will work as the profilex.ijs > documentation says. Apologies for the inconvenience. > > On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Mike Day <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > 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 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Björn Helgason, Verkfræðingur Fornustekkum II 781 Hornafirði, t-póst: [email protected] gsm: +3546985532 sími: +3544781286 http://groups.google.com/group/J-Programming Tæknikunnátta höndlar hið flókna, sköpunargáfa er meistari einfaldleikans góður kennari getur stigið á tær án þess að glansinn fari af skónum /|_ .-----------------------------------. ,' .\ / | Með léttri lund verður | ,--' _,' | Dagurinn í dag | / / | Enn betri en gærdagurinn | ( -. | `-----------------------------------' | ) | (\_ _/) (`-. '--.) (='.'=) ♖♘♗♕♔♙ `. )----' (")_(") ☃☠ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
