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On 10 September 2016 at 07:36, Robert Bernecky <[email protected]> wrote: > Not exactly free, but these Danish people (who have reliably hosted > www.snakeisland.com for many moons) offer web site hosting > at quite reasonable rates. Their "Professional" level is going for > $3.25CAD/month, which is probably about 0.8Latte in Starbucks. > > https://www.one.com/en/ > > Bob > > On 2016-09-09 05:31 PM, Brian Schott wrote: > > Raul, > > > > Wow. That is a lot of valuable, targeted information for you to have > > provided. Thank you, a lot. I do use Mac OS X, so your guesses are on > > target. I will experiment with your recommendations soon. > > > > One thing that I sort of left out was that step e) is done on my iPad, > > typically, and that is easy enough, but when I use the iPad away from my > > local network, I have to supply the IP address of my desktop computer. > I'm > > not asking for an automatic way to do that, just saying it wasn't > mentioned > > in my description. But it would be ideal if that were the only thing I > had > > to remember to do. Your approach gets close to the ideal. > > > > I bet there is a way to control the sleep time preference with a unix > > script file, and I'll research that on line, too. > > > > I was hoping your answer would inform me of a free web hosting site that > > supports JHS/J. I use google appengine for free for python/html apps, but > > they are not calculation intensive. I guess that I'll likely have to > dream > > on, though, for a free J/html5 host. > > > > Thanks, again, > > > > > > On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 4:59 PM, Raul Miller <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> It seems to me that you could use an operating system script (a .bat > >> file, for example) to perform a number of these steps in sequence. Or, > >> if that is outside your comfort level, a sequence of shortcuts on your > >> desktop might work for you. > >> > >> Or, for the "shutdown" thing, maybe take advantage of how setting are > >> different for running on battery vs. plugged in. (Don't shut down when > >> plugged in, shut down after a relatively short time - and with a dim > >> screen until then - when running on battery.) This assumes your > >> computer has a battery, though... otherwise, I guess maybe go with the > >> desktop shortcuts approach (which should be doable, though I've not > >> researched that myself). > >> > >> Another thing is that when you launch j (from a script, or shortcut) > >> you can specify a j script for it to run (that's what happens when you > >> launch jhs). So you should be able to take advantage of that, here - > >> write a script to load up your stuff, and then drop into jhs, rather > >> than loading up jhs and then using the browser to have jhs load up > >> your stuff. > >> > >> For example, it might go like this: > >> > >> click on the link to set your power down preferences. > >> > >> click on the link which runs the .bat file to start up your jhs app(see > >> below) > >> > >> ...... > >> > >> click on the link to revert your power down preferences > >> > >> actually, why don't you just manually power down your machine when you > >> are done? That will shut down jhs, also... > >> > >> Meanwhile, the .bat file to start your jhs app would look something like > >> this: > >> > >> start path-start-jhs-server > >> sleep 3 > >> start http://127.0.0.1:65001/locale > >> > >> Or, if you are running OSX, replace 'start' with 'open' and make this > >> a shell script rather than a .bat file. (No extension on the file > >> name, first line is #!/bin/sh and chmod +x filename before running > >> it.) > >> > >> Actually, if I recall correctly, I think you will be using OSX, so... > >> for the jhs side, you could do > >> > >> open /Applications/j64-805/jhs.app > >> > >> but instead, you probably want to take the script at > >> /Applications/j64-804/jhs.app/Contents/MacOS/apprun which will look > >> something like this: > >> > >> #!/bin/sh > >> open -a /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app "`dirname > >> "$0"`/../../../bin/jhs.command" > >> > >> which basically just runs /Applications/j64-805/bin/jhs.command > >> > >> which looks something like > >> > >> #!/bin/sh > >> "`dirname "$0"`/jconsole" ~addons/ide/jhs/core.ijs -js " init_jhs_'' " > >> > >> # see ~addons/ide/jhs/config/jhs_default.ijs for config info > >> > >> (the dirname stuff is so that the J application can be installed > >> anywhere - this finds stuff relative to where that particular file is > >> stored.) > >> > >> So you can simplify that to: > >> > >> #!/bin/sh > >> /Applications/j64-805/bin/jconsole '~user/startserver.ijs' -js > >> 'startcommand 0' > >> > >> replacing the "start" stuff with whatever works for you (and maybe > >> using double quotes if you do not like single quotes - but be careful > >> that some characters, like $ or ` are special when you use double > >> quotes). > >> > >> and the "startserver.ijs" command (or whatever you decided to name it) > >> would include > >> > >> load jpath '~addons/ide/jhs/core.ijs' > >> > >> and its final statement would be: > >> > >> init_jhs_ '' > >> > >> ... > >> > >> I've not actually tried this, but I think that that should work. > >> > >> Good luck, > >> > >> -- > >> Raul > >> > >> > >> > >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > -- > Robert Bernecky > Snake Island Research Inc > 18 Fifth Street > Ward's Island > Toronto, Ontario M5J 2B9 > > [email protected] > tel: +1 416 203 0854 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
