Thanks, Ric.
I was unaware of that about /misc/ and might have fallen foul of it myself.

On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 6:09 AM, Ric Sherlock <[email protected]> wrote:
> Just to expand on Bill's message. The <addoncategory>/misc folders are
> treated differently from other addons. Whereas other addons have a
> manifest.ijs that lets the author specify which platforms and versions to
> target, the misc addons currently only get built for a single version. This
> is currently 7.
>  On Aug 17, 2012 3:28 PM, "bill lam" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> That addons is j7 specific.  If the file was add to other folders, J602
>> might have a chance to see it.
>>
>> Птн, 17 Авг 2012, Ian Clark писал(а):
>> > It doesn't seem to be there on j602.
>> >
>> > On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 9:42 PM, Henry Rich <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> > > I have tested it only on J6.02.
>> > >
>> > > Henry Rich
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > On 8/16/2012 9:51 AM, Ian Clark wrote:
>> > >>
>> > >> Is lint.ijs going to be available in j602 also?
>> > >>
>> > >> Package Manager lets me download it for JGTK. I've tried running it
>> > >> under j602 and it seems to work with the example I've tried, so there
>> > >> can't be any major j7 dependencies.
>> > >>
>> > >> On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 4:47 AM, Henry Rich <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> > >>>
>> > >>> Yes, I created a directory and then realized it would go as a single
>> file
>> > >>> in
>> > >>> /misc, and deleted the /lint directory.
>> > >>>
>> > >>> Henry Rich
>> > >>>
>> > >>>
>> > >>> On 8/12/2012 11:45 PM, Ric Sherlock wrote:
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>> I think it was initially committed to addons/general/lint/lint.ijs
>> and
>> > >>>> then subsequently moved? to addons/general/misc/lint.ijs  I can see
>> it
>> > >>>> there at the moment using WebSVN.
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>> There are a couple of other things regarding WebSVN that would be
>> > >>>> nice...
>> > >>>>     a) can we get the RSS enabled (makes it easier to keep up with
>> > >>>> changes)
>> > >>>>     b) the Ctrl+F1 functionality in GtkIDE that opened the
>> appropriate
>> > >>>> source file using Trac, doesn't work correctly with WebSVN yet. For
>> > >>>> example trying to get help on freads attempts to open this URL:
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>>
>> http://www.jsoftware.com/wsvn/base7/browser/trunk/main/main/files.ijs
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>> instead of this one:
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>> http://www.jsoftware.com/wsvn/system7/trunk/main/main/files.ijs
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>> On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 3:36 PM, chris burke <[email protected]>
>> > >>>> wrote:
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>> lint.ijs is not in addons/general/misc. Did you commit your
>> changes?
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>> AFAIK, JAL is working fine...
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>> On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 10:10 AM, bill lam <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>>> There are some problem with JAL build script perhaps related to
>> the
>> > >>>>>> recent relocation of server to amazon.  I think Chris will fix it.
>> > >>>>>>
>> > >>>>>> Вск, 12 Авг 2012, Henry Rich писал(а):
>> > >>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>> I don't know what has to happen to make it show up in Package
>> > >>>>>>> Manager. Bill would.  Maybe some rebuild is required.
>> > >>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>> Perhaps you can check it out using SVN?
>> > >>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>> Henry Rich
>> > >>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>> On 8/12/2012 6:12 PM, Ian Clark wrote:
>> > >>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>> Sounds good, Henry. I certainly have a use for that.
>> > >>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>> But I can't see it in pacman for either JGTK or j602.
>> > >>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>> On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 9:10 PM, Henry Rich <
>> [email protected]>
>> > >>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>
>> > >>>>>> wrote:
>> > >>>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>>> I have an alpha-test version of a syntax checker for J
>> scripts.  It
>> > >>>>>>>>> is
>> > >>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>
>> > >>>>>> in
>> > >>>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>>> the addons, as
>> > >>>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>>> general/misc/lint.ijs
>> > >>>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>>> The goal is to catch errors before execution.  It can find only
>> > >>>>>>>>> gross
>> > >>>>>>>>> errors, but those are the kind my programming students make, so
>> > >>>>>>>>> this
>> > >>>>>>>>> is
>> > >>>>>>>>> progress IMO.  What it looks for is:
>> > >>>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>>>    explicit definitions lacking trailing ), and ) with no
>> > >>>>>>>>> definition
>> > >>>>>>>>>    undefined names, including names not defined in all paths
>> > >>>>>>>>>    verbs used with invalid valences
>> > >>>>>>>>>    non-noun results at the end of condition blocks and verbs
>> > >>>>>>>>>    syntax errors
>> > >>>>>>>>>    sentences with no effect on execution (eg verb verb)
>> > >>>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>>> The idea is that lint can be used in place of load.  It loads
>> the
>> > >>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>
>> > >>>>>> script,
>> > >>>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>>> then checks it for errors by executing each line of each
>> explicit
>> > >>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>
>> > >>>>>> definition
>> > >>>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>>> in 'safe mode' where side effects are prevented.
>> > >>>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>>> example:
>> > >>>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>>> lint '~addons/general/misc/lint.ijs'
>> > >>>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>>> The result of the verb is a table of (line number);(error
>> message).
>> > >>>>>>>>> If there are errors, it brings up a grid showing the program
>> and
>> > >>>>>>>>> error
>> > >>>>>>>>> messages.
>> > >>>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>>> I would test this a lot more before releasing it, but school
>> starts
>> > >>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>
>> > >>>>>> tomorrow
>> > >>>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>>> & I'm not going to have much more time to put on it.  I think
>> it's
>> > >>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>
>> > >>>>>> better
>> > >>>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>>> than nothing - not freshman-proof, but I'll fix that as the
>> > >>>>>>>>> freshmen
>> > >>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>
>> > >>>>>> tear
>> > >>>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>>> into it.  Meanwhile I would appreciate suggestions and bug
>> reports.
>> > >>>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>>> (My thanks to Dan King who suggested this project at the J
>> > >>>>>>>>> Conference
>> > >>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>
>> > >>>>>> in
>> > >>>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>>> response to my bellyaching about J's error-detection
>> deficiencies)
>> > >>>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>>> Henry Rich
>> > >>>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>>>
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