An addon need not have a script with the same name as the directory. However, if there is such a script, then it can be loaded using a short form. For example, the following are all the same:
load 'convert/pjson' load 'convert/pjson/pjson' load '~addons/convert/pjson/pjson.ijs' To load another script or where the addon does not have a script with the same name as the directory, use the last two methods, e.g. load 'net/clientserver/jsss' load '~addons/net/clientserver/jsss.ijs' I haven't checked the wiki documentation. Please update as needed, thanks. On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 9:04 AM Raul Miller <rauldmil...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Adding in the file with the same name as the directory works, but.. > when I look in addons, I see a variety of addons which don't follow > this convention (I see a variety of addons without an .ijs file whose > base name matches the containing directory name): > > api/java games/minesweeper misc/classroom > api/python3 general/joddocument misc/miscutils > convert/misc general/jodsource net/clientserver > demos/coins general/misc profiles/profiles > demos/isigraph graphics/color sockets/socklib > demos/publish graphics/fvj4 sockets/sockutils > demos/wd ide/jhs stats/jserver4r > demos/wdplot math/misc stats/r > docs/help media/videolabs stats/rlibrary > > And I know that at least some of these addons aren't broken (ide/jhs > for example). > > But when I try to test some of these, using require, some do seem broken. > > So even if you've worked around the issue, it seems like something is > still not right. > > If it's supposed to work like this, I think we've got missing > documentation. If it's supposed to work like it's documented I think > we've got a different problem. > > Thanks, > > -- > Raul > > On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 4:26 PM Vanessa McHale <vamch...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Thanks! It does install now, but into the base locale… > > > > Cheers, > > Vanessa > > > > > On Apr 7, 2020, at 3:00 PM, chris burke <cbu...@jsoftware.com> wrote: > > > > > > 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 > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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
