I think
if. IF64 +. IFUNIX +: IFWIN  ...
intended to work for very old J when other platforms other than *nix and
windows were still supported, eg solaris.  Anyways this addon does not work
for 64-bit.

verbs for reading and writing image files are provided in j8 qtide.
readimg_jqtide_ and writeimg_jqtide_
 On Oct 21, 2014 1:19 AM, "Devon McCormick" <devon...@gmail.com> wrote:

> This is available in J7.01.  Attempting to load 'images' in J8.02 gives me
> this error:
>
> |control error: script
> |       3 :0''
> |[-45] C:\Program Files\j64-701\addons\media\image3\image3.ijs
>
> Also, this line (38 in image3.ijs) looks funny:
> if. IF64 +. IFUNIX +: IFWIN  ...
> The  "+:" should probably be "+."?
>
> ​​However, my installation seems unconventional as it seems to look both in
> "Program Files\J64-701" and in "users/.../j64-803", so YMMV.
>
> Continuing to exacerbate my unconventionality, I tried copying the
> media/images directory from J7.01 to the (32-bit) J8.03 addons directory.
> I also short-circuited the anonymous "control error" script from above by
> inserting this before the line reading "NB. display error if not 32-bit
> linux/PC":
> IFWIN=. -.IFJ6=. IFUNIX=. 0
> 0 : 0
> This sets the "IF..." correctly for my setup and subverts the compatibility
> check by effectively commenting it out.
>
> Once I did this, I was able to read in the image3 script and use it to read
> in a .jpg file though I have not tested it further.
>
> You are straying far from the reservation if you try this at home.  There's
> undoubtedly a more acceptable way to accomplish this.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 12:39 PM, Jon Hough <jgho...@outlook.com> wrote:
>
> > I am interested in using J with png and jpg files. But cannot get the bmp
> > addon to work with them.I noticed this in the wiki:
> > http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Addons/media/image3
> > But cannot find the image3 addon anywhere in J802.
> > Any ideas?
> > Regards.
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>
>
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