The problem you show with jal is an example of a more general problem with old browser pages (old in the sense of either from an previous state of the current jhs task or from a previous jhs task). I don't know how to fix this and at this stage it is beyond the scope of the current release.
As you point out it is fairly easy to add tooltips to html elements.Future releases could end up doing this for standard menu items. But I doubt the current release will do this. Partly as I am somewhat against tool tips as being an obtrusive nuisance. And partly because I don't think a short tooltip in this particular case is enough more help than jal. In both cases I think the new user will have to skim the help and the tooltip would not have served a strong purpose. On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 11:43 AM, Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Eric Iverson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > jal 'not installed' works as expected for me in what I think are the > > circumstances you describe. Perhaps you could give more details. > > I just tried this again. > > I started jhs consol session > I opened browser jhs session > I upgraded jhs and base library in browser jhs session > I exited the jhs console session > I restarted jhs console session > I pressed "not installed" button in browser jhs session > nothing seemed to happen > > I switched to jijx window in browser jhs session, and saw: > |value error: jev_jal_ > | jev_jal_ 0 > *** response not sent for jal > *** html402 (leave page as is) sent > > I went to jal link again in browser jhs session > "not installed" button worked when I revisited the page > > > I prefer jal in the menu over pacman or other short phrases I can > > think of. None of them will make sense to someone who has > > no backbround. But in that case you should go go help and > > a quick browse will help. jal has the advantage of being the > > app (url) name as are all the other standard link items. > > Ok. > > But I was not suggesting that the menu entry get a > different name. I was suggesting that the menu entry > get a tooltip. > > In other words, change: > > <a href="jal" class="jhml" onclick="return jmenuhide();" > onblur="return jmenublur(event);" onfocus="return jmenufocus(event);" > onkeyup="return jmenukeyup(event);" onkeydown="return > jmenukeydown(event);" onkeypress="return > jmenukeypress(event);">jal</a> > > to something like > > <a href="jal" class="jhml" onclick="return jmenuhide();" > onblur="return jmenublur(event);" onfocus="return jmenufocus(event);" > onkeyup="return jmenukeyup(event);" onkeydown="return > jmenukeydown(event);" onkeypress="return jmenukeypress(event);" > title="J Application Library">jal</a> > > You could also change the href if it is purely decorative. > > FYI, > > -- > Raul > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
