Oh, good. I hadn't noticed because I'm mostly using the console version. I just tried it and it's good to see that it works, avoiding the mysterious failure in J6 I could never figure out.
On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 2:43 PM, Ric Sherlock <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 5:18 AM, Devon McCormick <[email protected]> > wrote: > and its package installation facilities (though > > re-instating the J6 GUI for this would be very helpful). > > There are GUI versions of the package installation facilities in both > JHS IDE and Gtk IDE. The Gtk IDE version is essentially a port of the > old J6 GUI. > > > I just remembered another reason, having to do with the package > installation > > and update, that I'm optimistic about the new version - the older, GUI > > version ran afoul of mysterious proxy issues when I was at work but the > > newer one works fine in that respect. > > AFAIK there hasn't been any change in the mechanism for downloading > files from the Internet and therefore the necessity of configuring > wget to handle proxies. However as long as wget has been previously > configured to work on the machine, it shouldn't need to be > reconfigured for J7. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Devon McCormick, CFA ^me^ at acm. org is my preferred e-mail ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
