On 26 May 2013 19:41:36 -0400, Raul Miller <rauldmil...@gmail.com> wrote:
> One issue is that J's ~ convention is not the OS convention, so you > will need to deal with that. If you are not on windows (which is > probably the case if you are using a ~ OS convention), you can use > > HOME=: 2!:5'HOME' > . . . Why wouldn't -- or shouldn't J know about the OS convention "~" for OS X as well as for Linux (and other Unix-derived systems)? I thought recognizing the OS is part of the start-up sequence for J. I do know about the potential clash with the way ~ is mused as part of the argument to jpath. But why can't/shouldn't J allow ~ as part of a file path if jpath is not being used? --- Murray Eisenberg mur...@math.umass.edu Mathematics & Statistics Dept. Lederle Graduate Research Tower phone 413 549-1020 (H) University of Massachusetts 413 545-2838 (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
