> OK. I will try some tests to see if I can pinpoint the problem. We have pinpointed the problem.
As per my last message, you are trying to open a file whose full pathname has uppercase characters in a case-sensitive drive. That won't work, and requires changes to support both case-sensitive and case-insensitive folders on the same platform. On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 4:41 PM, Skip Cave <[email protected]> wrote: > OK. I will try some tests to see if I can pinpoint the problem. > > I have lots of .ijs files in a remote cloud folder, and many of these files > have all-lower-case file names. I have a copy of that same folder of .ijs > files on my local drive. When I try to use the JQt editor to open a file > with an all-lower-case file name on the local drive (axis.ijs) by double > clicking on the file in the JQt nav pane, the file loads, no problem. When > I navigate to the same file with a lower-case file name on the cloud drive, > double-clicking on the all lower-case file name does nothing. > > So it isn't the file name. Maybe it's the full path. Here's the path to the > file on my cloud drive: > G:/My Drive/11-Jsoftware/1work/axis.ijs > Yes, there are upper-case letters in the cloud file path, so maybe that is > the problem. > Let's check the path to the same file on my local drive. Here's the path: > C:/Users/Skip/j64-806-user/1work/axis.ijs > Well, that path has upper case letters in it as well, but the JQt editor > has no problems with loading this file. > > So there is something different about the cloud drive that prevents the > file from loading in JQt. > How can I test to see if a drive is "case-sensitive"? > > Skip > > > On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 5:09 PM, chris burke <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > ... but my original issue didn't have anything to do with the case of > > file names > > > > It surely did. > > > > In all Windows systems up to now, the capitalization of filenames was > > irrelevant. Two filenames that differ only in capitalization represent > the > > same file. Jqt ensures that they are treated equally by using the > lowercase > > name internally. > > > > You are trying to open a file whose full pathname has uppercase > characters > > in a case-sensitive drive. That won't work, and requires changes to > support > > both case-sensitive and case-insensitive folders on the same platform. > > > > Incidentally, the internal use of lowercase names on Windows has been our > > practice since at least J6, so is not new to Jqt. JHS doesn't do this, so > > should work on the new folder. > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 2:05 PM, Skip Cave <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > The issue with case sensitivity for file names is an interesting > problem, > > > but my original issue didn't have anything to do with the case of file > > > names. I just waned to be able to double-click an .ijs file in the JQt > > > editor nav pane to open a file. This scheme doesn't work for ANY .ijs > > file > > > names, regardless of case. This scheme works fine for .ijs files on a > > local > > > drive, and doesn't work for files on remote derives like a Google File > > > Stream drive. I can enter the G: file path in the JQt path field and > SEE > > > the list of .ijs files on my remote drive, but double-clicking the .ijs > > > file icon will not load the file. > > > > > > I discovered a convoluted workaround for this problem by selecting > File > > > > Open from the JQt editor menu instead of using the JQt editor nav > pane., > > > This results in the launching of a Windows Explorer window. Then I can > > > enter the G: file path in the Explorer's path field, or navigate to the > > > file/folder I want. Finally, I can double-click on the file, OR > highlight > > > it and click the Open button, to load the file. > > > > > > This tells me that there is just something wrong with the file access > > > protocol in the JQt editor, not anything to do with the case of file > > names. > > > > > > Skip > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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
