On my iPhone… jpath'~install' ~install
Which isn’t much help’ ________________________________ From: General <[email protected]> on behalf of bill lam <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2022 4:37:15 AM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Jgeneral] J903 on Pixel 6 Pro (Android) the install folder on any platform can be found by jpath'~install' on android it is /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.jsoftware.j.android/files > On 20 Feb 2022, at 1:58 AM, J. Patrick Harrington <[email protected]> wrote: > > I just recently replaced my old iPhone (a 6 Plus) with a new Google Pixel 6 > Pro. > > It seems to be an impressive phone with a great camera. One of my motivations > for not getting a newer iPhone was my desire to escape the increasingly > locked-down Apple philosophy. I had problems moving files back and forth > between my linux computer and the phone. I'm glad to report that I had no > particular difficulty installing J903 on the Pixel 6. The file locations are > cumbersome; you need something like > > Apath=: '/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.jsoftware.j.android/files/' > > in your startup profile. But the good news is that you just need a USB C > cable between your Pixel and computer and you just drag and drop files to > transfer them back and forth. I used to test the speed of J on phones by > inverting a 500 x 500 matrix -- on my old iPhone it took 0.5 sec, but on this > Pixel it's down to 0.046 sec. (Need to use a larger matrix, e.g. 1000 x 1000 > -> 0.37 sec.) It took a bit of fussing to install the Dykman keyboard but now > its there and works great. I noticed there was a 2nd keyboard available but I > haven't tried it. How does it differ? I must say that though I ran J programs > on the iPhone, I seldom developed anything on it. But J903 on this Pixel 6 is > so smooth that I've started writing (short) routines on it and copying them > back to the laptop. > > My real reason for writing this report is ask for pointers to any discussions > regarding J on android phones. The android OS is completely new to me. One > glitch I encountered was when I modified a J routine with a text editor I'd > installed on the Pixel. I got a strange file read error. It looked like the > editor did something invisible to the file that ruined the J session -- all > my definitions were gone and I had to kill J and restart. But if I made the > file changes on the laptop and ported the file over, it was fine. Any > suggestions for a good text editor for android? (I'm an old school vi guy, > but I've not found a good plane vi.) > > Anyway, I appreciate any pointers of discussions of J on android... > > Patrick > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
