Hi Dieter, The installation instructions are available here: http://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/System/Installation
Regards, Ric On Sun, Mar 4, 2018 at 7:35 AM, DIETER ENSSLEN <[email protected]> wrote: > my problem is more basic, how do you get J going on Linux Mint and Apple > machines > > works on iOS devices > > thanks > > > > > From: "Yuvaraj Athur Raghuvir" <[email protected]> > To: "General forum" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, March 3, 2018 11:18:09 AM > Subject: Re: [Jgeneral] VS Code support for J > > Thanks Ric! > > Yuvaraj > > > On Mar 2, 2018 5:42 PM, "Ric Sherlock" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Yuvaraj, > Sounds like you've got things configured correctly now. Pretty much all the > VS Code extensions rely on the user to set various parameters in User > Settings. The default settings give you an idea of what settings are > available. If you want to override them you add an entry to your personal > User Settings file as you did. > > Given there is no standardised path in which to install J and some users > will have multiple installations of J on their computer, setting the > correct path automatically at install time would not be trivial. The > extension could potentially try to search for the available J installations > and ask you which one to use, but that sounds like a lot of work to save > very little effort for the user. Hopefully the install instructions for the > extension will point most users in the right direction. If you have some > suggestions on how to improve them, let me know! > > Hope you are enjoying the new functionality. > Cheers, > > On Sat, Mar 3, 2018 at 5:39 AM, Yuvaraj Athur Raghuvir < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Chris, > > > > Woohoo! It works :)!! > > > > The Mac version of this would be: > > // Points to the jconsole executable. > > "j.executablePath": "/Applications/j64-806/bin/jconsole" > > > > I could not edit default settings since VS Code does not allow that. I > > added this line into User Settings.json file. > > > > Default settings has value set as null. Guess the extension should edit > the > > VS Code settings file when installing itself. > > > > I like VS Code. Let me play more with this environment :)!! > > > > Thanks, > > Yuvaraj > > > > On Fri, Mar 2, 2018 at 7:12 AM, chris burke <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > It looks like J console has not started. You need to set the J > executable > > > path in User Settings, something like: > > > > > > ``"j.executablePath": ""C:\\Program Files\\j64-806\\bin\\jconsole. > exe"`` > > > > > > Once set, then J console should start automatically when you open an > .ijs > > > script in vscode. > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 2, 2018 at 5:56 AM, Yuvaraj Athur Raghuvir < > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hello Ric, Chris, > > > > > > > > Just got round to testing latest exension > > > > > > > > When I try to load a script, I get following error: > > > > > > > > $ load '/Users/i820191/80.sw-pkg/j64-804-user/projects/nlds/01.ijs' > > > > bash: load: command not found > > > > > > > > I can see that JConsole has been selected. But looks like the command > > is > > > > being piped to bash. > > > > > > > > What am I missing? > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Yuvaraj > > > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 4:59 PM, Ric Sherlock <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > I've just released an updated version of the J extension for VS > Code > > > > > <https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items? > > > itemName=tikkanz.language-j# > > > > > overview> > > > > > that now supports an integrated J console/terminal (Big thanks to > > Chris > > > > > Burke!!) > > > > > > > > > > This means it is possible to send code from the editor window to > the > > > > > terminal for execution much in the same way as is possible in JQt. > > > > > > > > > > Enjoy! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 7:57 AM, Ric Sherlock <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Good to hear it's working. > > > > > > I agree it would be nice to have terminal and debugger support > for > > J > > > in > > > > > VS > > > > > > Code. > > > > > > > > > > > > On 23/02/2018 04:34, "Yuvaraj Athur Raghuvir" < > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >> Yes, reloading VS Code worked! > > > > > >> > > > > > >> I can see syntax highlighting in various color themes. Thanks! > > > > > >> > > > > > >> Now comes the next question - would it be possible to launch the > > > > script > > > > > in > > > > > >> J and see output in the console screen? VS Code allows for > > debugger > > > > > >> extensions. Getting a J Debugger extension would make VS Code an > > IDE > > > > for > > > > > >> J. > > > > > >> > > > > > >> Thanks for sharing your work, Ric! > > > > > >> > > > > > >> Regards, > > > > > >> Yuvaraj > > > > > >> > > > > > >> On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 12:41 AM, Ric Sherlock < > [email protected] > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > Hi Yuvaraj, > > > > > >> > The extension currently only provides syntax highlighting for > > > ".ijs" > > > > > >> files. > > > > > >> > Have you reloaded VS Code after installing the extension? If > so > > > > > perhaps > > > > > >> the > > > > > >> > color theme you are using doesn't colour the language features > > > > > >> strikingly? > > > > > >> > I like Monokai. Maybe try that to see if it is working? > > > > > >> > I haven't tested the extension or VS Code on the Mac, so can't > > > > > >> definitively > > > > > >> > say it works there. Can anyone else confirm? > > > > > >> > Cheers > > > > > >> > Ric > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > On 22/02/2018 21:19, "Yuvaraj Athur Raghuvir" < > > > > [email protected]> > > > > > >> > wrote: > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > Hello Ric, > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > I have used VS Code on mac. I just installed this extension > but > > it > > > > is > > > > > >> not > > > > > >> > recognizing project (.jproj) or file (.ijs). Looks like I am > > > missing > > > > > >> > something here. Any documentation on configuration or how to > > use J > > > > > >> > Extension that I can look and check again? > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > Thanks! > > > > > >> > Yuvaraj > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 5:54 PM, Ric Sherlock < > > [email protected]> > > > > > >> wrote: > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > Hi Eric, > > > > > >> > > I've used it mainly on Windows. I have used it on Linux > > (Ubuntu > > > > VM) > > > > > >> but > > > > > >> > > since trying (WSL) Windows Subsystem for Linux, my use of > GUI > > > > Linux > > > > > >> apps > > > > > >> > > has declined substantially. The interface (including > > debugging) > > > is > > > > > the > > > > > >> > same > > > > > >> > > on both platforms, but note that individual language support > > > > depends > > > > > >> on > > > > > >> > > extensions. > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > Cheers, > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 12:02 PM, Eric Iverson < > > > > > >> [email protected] > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > wrote: > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > Ric, > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> > > > On which platform(s) do you use it? Does it provide the > same > > > (or > > > > > >> > similar) > > > > > >> > > > debugger on windows/linux/macos? That would be worth a lot > > to > > > > me. > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> > > > On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 5:57 PM, Ric Sherlock < > > > > [email protected]> > > > > > >> > wrote: > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> > > > > Yes I think that should help. > > > > > >> > > > > It will still rely on the user thinking/choosing to type > > > > > >> > "jprogramming" > > > > > >> > > > as > > > > > >> > > > > a single word, but that's more likely than anything > else! > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > Thanks, > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 1:12 AM, Raul Miller < > > > > > >> [email protected]> > > > > > >> > > > > wrote: > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > You might want to add the tag word "jprogramming" into > > > your > > > > > text > > > > > >> > > there? > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > For example, like this: > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > Getting the j (JProgramming) extension for VS ... > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > -- > > > > > >> > > > > > Raul > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 5:43 AM, Ric Sherlock < > > > > > >> [email protected]> > > > > > >> > > > wrote: > > > > > >> > > > > > > I've recently started using Visual Studio Code > > > > > >> > > > > > > <https://code.visualstudio.com/> for a lot of my > > > coding. > > > > > >> This is > > > > > >> > > an > > > > > >> > > > > > > open-source, cross-platform project published by > > > Microsoft > > > > > >> that > > > > > >> > has > > > > > >> > > > > some > > > > > >> > > > > > > really nice features. > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > For my use it was missing some support for J, so > I've > > > > > created > > > > > >> and > > > > > >> > > > > > published > > > > > >> > > > > > > an extension > > > > > >> > > > > > > <https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items? > > > > > >> > > > > itemName=tikkanz.language-j> > > > > > >> > > > > > in > > > > > >> > > > > > > the Visual Studio Marketplace. > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > Unfortunately the extension isn't currently very > > > > > discoverable > > > > > >> > > because > > > > > >> > > > > > > searching for "J" or even "J programming language" > in > > > the > > > > > >> > > Marketplace > > > > > >> > > > > > lists > > > > > >> > > > > > > many many other extensions first - maybe after > several > > > > > hundred > > > > > >> > > > thousand > > > > > >> > > > > > > installs it will rank better ;-). Searching for > > > "tikkanz" > > > > > >> works > > > > > >> > > > better! > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > If you're using VS Code this might be of interest to > > > you. > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > Enjoy, > > > > > >> > > > > > > Ric > > > > > >> > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > >> > > > ---------- > > > > > >> > > > > > > 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 > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > >> > > > ------------------------------ > > ------------------------------ > > > > > >> ---------- > > > > > >> > > > For information about J forums see > > > > http://www.jsoftware.com/forum > > > > > >> s.htm > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> > > ------------------------------ > ------------------------------ > > > > > >> ---------- > > > > > >> > > For information about J forums see > > > http://www.jsoftware.com/forum > > > > > >> s.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 > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> ------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > ---------- > > > > > >> 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 > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
