I think JHS labs gets it list from the contents of ~addons/labs/labs. If you are seeing some labs and they are working perhaps your labs weren't included in the jal update of labs. As a start verify the labs your want are in your addons folder.
On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 6:55 PM, Ian Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > No, Björn, the labs are just not there. I know what they look like, > 'cos I wrote 'em. > > 2011/11/28 Björn Helgason <[email protected]>: > > The list of labs in JHS is a bit tricky to understand. > > The name you see is not the name of the file but the name of the lab you > > see in the beginning of the file. > > Open a lab and you see what is there. > > It is a great tool to use as a teaching tool and so easy to work with. > > Just change the contents of a file and you have a new lab. > > > > > > 2011/11/28 Ian Clark <[email protected]> > > > >> Even after restarting, there are labs (viz. cal.ijt and uu.ijt) which > >> I see have been downloaded and apparently installed > >> (i.e they are listed in ~addons/labs/labs/lablist.txt and > >> ~addons/config/config.ijs) -yet do not appear in the Labs dropdown. > >> > >> Just where does jhs get the contents of the labs dropdown from? > >> > >> 2011/11/28 Björn Helgason <[email protected]>: > >> > When you start JHS it scans for the ijt files and it does not find > them > >> > before you do the install of the addons. > >> > > >> > So if you create a new ijt file you need to restart the JHS so it will > >> find > >> > it. > >> > > >> > After that you can change the file and it will read the changes just > >> > restart the lab and no need to restart JHS > >> > > >> > 2011/11/28 Ian Clark <[email protected]> > >> > > >> >> There are two downloads for the Mac, and I've just tried the same > >> >> steps with the other one: > >> >> > >> >> JVERSION > >> >> Engine: j701/2011-01-10/11:25 build: Feb 6 2011 16:16:29 > >> >> Library: 7.01.043 > >> >> Platform: Darwin 64 > >> >> Installer: j701a_mac64.dmg > >> >> > >> >> InstallPath: /Applications/j64-701 > >> >> > >> >> In this version I'm pleased to confirm that studio > labs... works > just > >> >> fine. > >> >> > >> >> Björn says: > >> >> > >> >> > After installing the labs you restart JHS server and refresh the > >> browser. > >> >> > >> >> I didn't do that for j64-701 -- and it still worked. > >> >> > >> >> However, taking the hint, I've gone back to j701 (32-bit) and > >> >> restarted both the server and the jijx browser page. > >> >> Now studio > labs... works in j701 also !! > >> >> > >> >> I've no way of telling whether it was due to restarting j701, or > >> >> running j64-701 successfully in-between. > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 9:02 PM, Ian Clark <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> >> > Coming back to j701 jhs after a long break, I have reinstalled it > >> afresh: > >> >> > > >> >> > JVERSION > >> >> > Engine: j701/2011-01-10/11:25 > >> >> > Library: 7.01.040 > >> >> > Platform: Darwin 32 > >> >> > Installer: j701a_mac_intel.dmg > >> >> > InstallPath: /Applications/j701 > >> >> > > >> >> > I next installed all addons by typing: > >> >> > install 'all' > >> >> > Pacman (accessed via menu: link > jal) confirms that all addons are > >> >> > installed and up to date. > >> >> > > >> >> > However, menu: studio > labs --does not work and gives the message: > >> >> > --- > >> >> > No labs installed. > >> >> > Do pacman studio/labs install and try again. > >> >> > > >> >> > Labs are interactive tutorials and are a good > >> >> > way to learn J. > >> >> > > >> >> > Labs are not always current with the latest system > >> >> > and may run with minor errors that can be ignored. > >> >> > --- > >> >> > > >> >> > Do labs actually work yet in jhs? Or has something recently broken? > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 12:28 PM, Gary Robinson <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> >> >> Hi, > >> >> >> > >> >> >> I am trying J for the first time this morning. I quickly got hung > up > >> >> though, because the installation docs suggest trying Studio|Labs. > When I > >> >> try to access it, it says > >> >> >> > >> >> >> No labs installed. > >> >> >> Do pacman labs/labs install and try again. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> If I type > >> >> >> > >> >> >> pacman labs/labs install > >> >> >> > >> >> >> into the J console, nothing seems to happen. And if I subsequently > >> try > >> >> Studio|Labs again, I get the same error message as before. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> Anyone have any ideas? > >> >> >> > >> >> >> -- > >> >> >> > >> >> >> Gary Robinson > >> >> >> CTO > >> >> >> Emergent Discovery, LLC > >> >> >> personal email: [email protected] > >> >> >> work email: [email protected] > >> >> >> Company: http://www.emergentdiscovery.com > >> >> >> Blog: http://www.garyrobinson.net > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> >> >> For information about J forums see > >> http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > >> >> >> > >> >> > > >> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> >> For information about J forums see > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Björn Helgason, Verkfræðingur > >> > Fornustekkum II > >> > 781 Hornafirði, > >> > t-póst: [email protected] > >> > gsm: +3546985532 > >> > twitter: @flugfiskur > >> > http://groups.google.com/group/J-Programming > >> > > >> > > >> > Tæknikunnátta höndlar hið flókna, sköpunargáfa er meistari > einfaldleikans > >> > > >> > góður kennari getur stigið á tær án þess að glansinn fari af skónum > >> > /|_ .-----------------------------------. > >> > ,' .\ / | Með léttri lund verður | > >> > ,--' _,' | Dagurinn í dag | > >> > / / | Enn betri en gærdagurinn | > >> > ( -. | `-----------------------------------' > >> > | ) | (\_ _/) > >> > (`-. 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