Also you provide a mechanism to package projects as a single script. That's one of the things which distinguishes a project directory from some other directory.
-- Raul On Sat, Mar 4, 2023 at 11:30 AM chris burke <cbu...@jsoftware.com> wrote: > > Folders and Projects are just convenient ways to name and navigate > through directories. This helps you organize your code, particularly > when using Jqt. It also helps when sharing code with someone else who > may use a different directory structure, since they need only define > Folder names to match their directories, otherwise no change is needed > to the source code. > > A Folder is a short name for a directory, and Project is a > subdirectory of a Folder with a .jproj file. Typically you create a > Folder for any new system, and Projects under that Folder for its > various components. > > For example, on my machine > > jpath '~Sqlite' NB. a folder name > /home/chris/dev/apps/sqlite/source > > dir jpath '~Sqlite/base' NB. a project under that folder > api.ijs 1947 27-Aug-18 12:29:08 > base.jproj 114 24-May-18 12:18:49 > build.ijs 50 30-Apr-18 07:42:27 > info.ijs 399 30-Apr-18 07:42:27 > ... > > The examples in the wiki should give you the idea. > > As regards your questions: > > > Is it mandatory, that project directories are children of the folders > > specified in UserFolders_j_? Or is it at least discouraged to create a J > > project in an arbitrary > directory which is not part of the folder hierarchy already known to J? > > You can create a project anywhere you like, but lose the benefit of > Folders if your project is not under a Folder. > > > Or, to put it in another way: What is the recommended way to create a J > > project in a directory outside of the /home/user/j9.4-user/projects > > hierarchy? > > Create a Folder name for your directory (Edit|Configure|Folders). > Restart J, then Project|New. Alternatively, just create a directory > under your Folder and add an empty .jproj file with that name. > > On Sat, Mar 4, 2023 at 4:32 AM Thomas Bulka > <thomas.bu...@constraintegic.net> wrote: > > > > Hi Forum, > > > > I studied the guide about folders and projects in the wiki and it kind > > of confused me > > (https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Guides/Folders_and_Projects). > > > > It says "A project is a subdirectory of a folder that contains a file > > with extension .jproj with the same name as the directory." Fine. > > > > Folders have been introduced together with the nouns SystemFolder_j_ and > > UserFolders_j_ which J creates upon installation. Also fine. > > > > I'm not sure about the conclusion, though. Is it mandatory, that project > > directories are children of the folders specified in UserFolders_j_? Or > > is it at least discouraged to create a J project in an arbitrary > > directory which is not part of the folder hierarchy already known to J? > > > > Or, to put it in another way: What is the recommended way to create a J > > project in a directory outside of the /home/user/j9.4-user/projects > > hierarchy? > > > > Sorry for this most likely trivial question, but somehow I'm not able to > > figure out the connection between folders and directories. > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > Regards, > > > > Thomas > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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
