Why not change the test to verify if EXE and/or JSDIR exist at the location rather than assume where they should be given the system type?
On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 3:50 AM, David Mitchell <davidmitch...@att.net>wrote: > The locations in gnuplot.ijs are individually coded for 3 OS > configurations: > > NB. set EXE as path to gnuplot binary > NB. set JSDIR as path to gnuplot javascript scripts > NB. hardwired OS assumptions that may need tweaking > 3 : 0'' > select. UNAME > case. 'Win' do. > EXE =: (jpath'~home/gnuplot/binary/gnuplot.exe')rplc'/';'\' > JSDIR=: '~home/gnuplot/binary/share/gnuplot/4.4/js/' > case. 'Linux' do. > EXE =: '/usr/bin/gnuplot' > JSDIR=: '~root/usr/share/gnuplot/gnuplot/4.4/js/' > case. 'Darwin' do. > EXE =: '/usr/local/bin/gnuplot' > JSDIR=: '~root/usr/local/share/gnuplot/4.4/js/' > case. do. assert. 0['unknown UNAME' > end. > > To me, it is a matter of personal taste if one decides to modify their > system to > match what the script expects or to modify gnuplot.ijs to match what is > currently on your system. There are several reasons I felt it is at least > worth > knowing about the path options in gnuplot.ijs. One reason is that the > install > directory for gnuplot can be a personal choice and does not seem to be as > standardized as some packages. Another reason is that the path names > include a > version-specific element (/4.4/) that is likely to change depending on > which > version of gnuplot one decides to install. > > It is true that if you choose to update gnuplot.ijs, you will have to > continue > to manage that change when updates are made. > > On 2/17/2012 0:41, bill lam wrote: > > I'm curious. If the folders are symlinked, all files inside should > > also be symlinked. eg, (untested) > > > > rm -rf /usr/local/share/gnuplot > > ln -s /opt/local/share/gnuplot /usr/local/share/gnuplot > > > > not sure if mac need a sudo here. > > > > then confirm all files are available > > > > ls -R /usr/local/share/gnuplot > > > > Or Mac has some features in ln that I missed. > > > > Чтв, 16 Фев 2012, Murray Eisenberg писал(а): > >> No, canvastext.js is not in /usr/local/share/gnuplot/4.4/js. Rather, on > >> my Mac OS X 10.7 system, it's in /opt/local/share/gnuplot/4.4/js. > >> > >> So there seems to be the possibility of a whole cascading list of errors > >> possible because J starts out thinking that the gnuplot files are in > >> /usr/local/share/gnuplot/... whereas in fact they are in > >> /opt/local/share/gnuplot. > >> > >> So what is a reasonable fix for this? Simply wht David Mitchell > >> suggested in his follow-up response: to edit gnuplot.ijs? > >> > >> Was the location hard-coded into gnuplot.ijs designed for OS's other > >> than Mac OS X? Or is there something weird about the location on my > system? > >> > >> On 2/16/12 11:00 PM, general-requ...@jsoftware.com wrote: > >>> > >>> Message: 1 > >>> Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:38:59 -0500 > >>> From: Murray Eisenberg<mur...@math.umass.edu> > >>> Subject: Re: [Jgeneral] General Digest, Vol 77, Issue 2 > >>> To: general@jsoftware.com > >>> Message-ID:<4f3c8863.1010...@math.umass.edu> > >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > >>> > >>> I created a symlink in /usr/local/bin for gnuplot to > >>> /opt/local/bin/gnuplot. Now I don't get the same error as before when > >>> loading ~addons/ide/jhs/gnuplot.ijs. > >>> > >>> But now I get the error: > >>> > >>> /usr/local/share/gnuplot/4.4/js/canvastext.js not found > >>> > >>> I'm confused here, obviously. > >>> > >>> On 2/15/12 11:00 PM, general-requ...@jsoftware.com wrote: > >>>> Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:18:02 +0800 From: bill lam > >>>> <bbill....@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Jgeneral] gnuplot binary > location on > >>>> Mac OS X To: general@jsoftware.com Message-ID: > >>>> <20120216021801.GC2804@debian.b2j> Content-Type: text/plain; > >>>> charset=utf-8 > >>> > > >>>> I assume you meant run gnuplot under JHS. JHS includes its > >>>> own support for gnuplot, the file should be > ~addons/ide/jhs/gnuplot.ijs > >>>> Perhaps you want to symlink the path so that you will not need to edit > >>>> again after the next jhs update. > >>> > > >>> ???, 15 ??? 2012, Murray Eisenberg wrote: > >>>> > >>>>>> I'm trying to use the J gnuplot package under jhs on Mac OS X > 10.7 > >>>>>> (Lion). Trying to load the package gives error: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> /usr/local/bin/gnuplot not found > >>>>>> > >>>>>> In fact, that's not the path to a gnuplot binary. Using the OS X > command > >>>>>> line, I found the binary: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> /opt/local/bin/gnuplot > >>>>>> > >>>>>> What ijs script needs to be edited to fix this? (I found no > gnuplot file > >>>>>> in ~/addons/graphics, and jfif failed to find any file containing > >>>>>> 'gnuplot'.) > >>> > >> > >> -- > >> Murray Eisenberg mur...@math.umass.edu > >> Mathematics& Statistics Dept. > >> Lederle Graduate Research Tower phone 413 549-1020 (H) > >> University of Massachusetts 413 545-2859 (W) > >> 710 North Pleasant Street fax 413 545-1801 > >> Amherst, MA 01003-9305 > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> 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
