Righard Donovan wrote
> Of course I would be over the moon if J-iOS could pick up *.ijs files
directly from my Dropbox or iCloud so I could seamlessly share over all
platforms but I guess that’s asking a tad too much!

Not at all. In fact j901 for iOS can already import *.ijs from iCloud
Drive, via the Import button (top right). Report a bug if it doesn't work
for you.


Which j for iOS are you using? j701 or j901?

On Tue, 22 Feb 2022 at 18:37, Richard Donovan <[email protected]> wrote:

> Thanks Bill!
>
> Of course I would be over the moon if J-iOS could pick up *.ijs files
> directly from my Dropbox or iCloud so I could seamlessly share over all
> platforms but I guess that’s asking a tad too much!
>
> Richard Donovan
>
> > On 21 Feb 2022, at 13:06, bill lam <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > iOS apps are supposed to run inside sandbox and leaking file system
> info is
> > discouraged. Nevertheless you can hack using the HOME environment
> variable.
> > try the following
> >
> > 2!:5'HOME'
> > 1!:0 (2!:5'HOME'),'/*'
> > 1!:0 (2!:5'HOME'),'/Documents/*'
> > 1!:0 (2!:5'HOME'),'/Documents/j/*'
> >
> >
> >> On Mon, 21 Feb 2022 at 8:11 PM Richard Donovan <[email protected]>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> 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
> >>>
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