The brief doc is at https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Pacman#github .
Trying this: install 'github:vmchale/elliptic-fourier' installed: vmchale/elliptic-fourier master into folder: math/elliptic-fourier dir '~addons/math/elliptic-fourier' manifest.ijs 310 07-Apr-20 12:55:53 This looks like a work in progress. The other file referenced in the manifest doesn't exist. On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 12:24 PM Vanessa McHale <vamch...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Raul, > > I haven’t actually tried out pacman at all! I just cargo-culted that from > tables/csv. > > Right now I think I need to figure out locales before it would be a “release” > of sorts > > Cheers, > Vanessa > > > On Apr 7, 2020, at 1:46 PM, Raul Miller <rauldmil...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I was looking at an interesting bit of J -- > > https://github.com/vmchale/elliptic-fourier > > > > And, while the code basically works (need to run plot plot_points > > after executing the data building lines of demo.ijs), the presence of > > a manifest.ijs suggested that I could use > > https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Pacman#github but that doesn't work. > > > > So, I forked it, and changed the manifest, and restarted J, and .. it > > still doesn't work. > > > > install'github:rdm/elliptic-fourier' > > installed: rdm/elliptic-fourier master into folder: math/elliptic-fourier > > require'math/elliptic-fourier' > > not found: > > /users/rauldmiller/j901/addons/math/elliptic-fourier/elliptic-fourier.ijs > > > > And, looking at the developer's guide for addons -- > > https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Addons/Developers_Guide -- I don't see > > that there's any description there of what should be done about this > > issue. > > > > (The issue is that load/require/getscripts wants to load a file which > > is not listed in the manifest.ijs) > > > > So I think this should be treated as a core J issue rather than just a > > problem with that particular example. > > > > If I'm wrong, can someone point me at the right documentation? > > > > Thanks, > > > > -- > > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
