Dear Ric, things are working again by clicking on 'J.jar' and the gear symbol, why J.jar of course baffles me
just why when i click on 'bin' with my small devices things work is also not obvious right now I lack the confidence that time and effort trying to uninstall everything and reinstalling everything is going to get me anywhere further thanks ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sherlock, Ric" <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, August 23, 2009 10:28 pm Subject: Re: [Jgeneral] Installing J (was euler-mascher...) To: General forum <[email protected]> > What I think Bill is trying to suggest is that there is no way > that any of us can give you a set of instructions to get you > from where you are now to where you need to be if we don't know > the current state of your J installation(s). > > I suggested you start again, because then your devices will then > be in a "known" state. If you explain carefully the steps that > you take, what happens and what you think should have happened > instead, and what bits you find confusing, then maybe we can > work out what instructions you're misinterpreting or following > incorrectly. I believe that will be much easier than trying to > work out what the current states of your devices are. > > You are worried that you'll end up in the same situation - that > will only happen if you don't follow the instructions - files > and shortcuts don't move by themselves! Worst case scenario you > end up in the same situation! > > Earlier Bill pointed you to a YouTube video that Brian Schott > made showing how to install J on a Mac. Did you ever look at it? > > > From: DIETER ENSSLEN > > > > same situation in pocket pc as on MacBook Pro. > > > > all I am looking for is that blue "J" I have on my notebook > pc, like on > > all regular Apps on computers, I want to just click on it and > I am away > > into it. > > Note that: > a) the blue "J" is not available on Mac, only the red "J". > b) the "J" icon on the PocketPC is not the same "pretty" J icon > that exists on the other devices. > > If you follow the install instructions (especially Brian's > YouTube instructions) hopefully you'll get there. > > > But both on the MacBook Pro and the pocket pc's and smartphone > I have > > lots of references to "J" all over the place, the MacBook Pro > I finally > > got going today by finding something called J.jar and clicking > on it. > > > > On my small devices I usually find my way through: > > > > settings, memory, running programs, J, and activate it. > > It sounds like you are just switching to a current running J > session rather than starting a J instance. This means if you > restart your PocketPC, J will not be running and you will need > to start a new instance of it by clicking on the appropriate > shortcut, which may or may not now be working depending on what > you have done. > > > long term project i guess, by X mas i should have it. > > There is no reason that this should take more than 5 minutes per > device! > > It has been suggested that i delete and start over, I have no > > confidence I won't end up in the same little "mess"after all the > > erasing and starting over again. > > > > then again, maybe I dshould just leave well enough alone and > go with > > the flow. > > Your call! > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
