An alternative to renaming the J installation folder is to create a symbolic link to jconsole, and reference that instead, e.g.
~$ ln -s j64-802/bin/jconsole ~$ ls -l jconsole lrwxrwxrwx 1 chris chris 20 Jul 29 12:31 jconsole -> j64-802/bin/jconsole Also, if you create the symbolic link on your path, then you can simply enter "jconsole" in the terminal to run it. On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 8:46 AM, Don Guinn <[email protected]> wrote: > It was not a problem getting around the minus sign problem. I simply > renamed the J directory from j64-802 to j64_802 and everything worked fine. > What concerned me was that the default name chosen for the 64 bit version > causes hashbang to fail. It is not much of a problem, probably not worth > fixing. > > Thank you for the lead on how to handle the "Open With" question. I will > study it. I am still a novice to Linux. So I apologize for asking questions > for which I should already know the answer. > > > On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 9:05 AM, chris burke <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Another question is how to find the link target in Linux. In windows > ARGV > > is set to the link target, where in Linux it is set to the name of the > > link. > > > > In both cases, ARGV is defined as the call used to start J. If you want > to > > find jconsole, it should be in ~install/bin. > > > > > Also, in the properties of a file in Linux one can select the > application > > to handle the file with the "Open With" option. Is there a way to add > the J > > executables to that list? > > > > You should google "open with" for your distribution, e.g. > > http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/1314 > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 7:23 AM, Don Guinn <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Trying the example script in help/user/hashbang.htm and got the > following > > > error: > > > > > > don@ubuntu:~/j64-802-user/temp$ ./1.ijs > > > |domain error: script > > > | #!/home/don/j64- 802/bin/jconsole > > > |[-0] /home/don/j64-802-user/temp/./1.ijs > > > > > > Probably works fine for 32 bit version of J as the minus sign is not in > > the > > > file name. > > > > > > Another question is how to find the link target in Linux. In windows > ARGV > > > is set to the link target, where in Linux it is set to the name of the > > > link. > > > > > > In Windows: > > > ARGV > > > > > > ┌────────────────────────┐ > > > > > > │C:\J\j64-802\bin\jqt.exe│ > > > > > > └────────────────────────┘ > > > > > > In Linux: > > > > > > ARGV > > > > > > ┌───────────────────────┐ > > > > > > │/home/don/Desktop/J8 Qt│ > > > > > > └───────────────────────┘ > > > > > > ("J8 Qt" is the name of my shortcut to start J.) > > > > > > > > > Also, in the properties of a file in Linux one can select the > application > > > to handle the file with the "Open With" option. Is there a way to add > > the J > > > executables to that list? > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
