Ian - that’s great - I hadn’t noticed that! Pleased to see that I can also pick up Dropbox so I have two new ways of getting all my devices to talk to each other! I’m impressed!
Richard Donovan > On 22 Feb 2022, at 19:45, Ian Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 >>>>> >>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> 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
