Who knows? I didn't think to time it. Why not just put a little caveat with the NB.that invites one to explore the tutorial that first time invocation might keep one waiting a bit?
Not a huge problem, anyway... Cheers, Mike Please reply to mike_liz....@tiscali.co.uk. Sent from my iPad > On 17 May 2018, at 21:51, Eric Iverson <eric.b.iver...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Mike, > > Agreed that behavior is a nuisance. Not sure what to do about it. > > On jconsole and JHS the warning that it takes time appears immediately. On > Jqt the message doesn't appear until the build is done. > > Demos are built only if they don't already exist, so this is probably a one > time nuisance. > > One option (the way it was many releases ago) is that jdrt reports that > demos need to be built first and that this takes time and give the sentence > to builddemos. But this seems overkill. > > My old win7 laptop it takes less than 15 seconds to build the demos. > > Did it really take 'a minute or three'? > > Unless others raise this issue, we'll let it rest. > > Meanwhile, now that your demos are built, I hope you get to the more fun > parts. > > > On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 2:11 PM, 'Mike Day' via Programming < > programm...@jsoftware.com> wrote: > >> Sorry - a trivial response, but might be of use. >> >> Just started this up. Did >> >> load'jd' >> >> and >> >> jdrt'' NB. list tutorials >> >> as suggested. >> >> I thought J had hung, and was wondering what to do when the following >> >> message appeared, after a minute or three: >> >> "building demos - takes time" >> >> It might help other newcomers to jd if this reassurance could pop up >> >> immediately. >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> Mike >> >> >> >>> On 15/05/2018 19:56, Eric Iverson wrote: >>> >>> Jd (Jdatabase) new release available. >>> >>> This release automatically installs a free non-commercial key if it is run >>> without a key. >>> >>> The non-commercial key enables all of Jd and the only limitation is that >>> it >>> is licensed only for non-commercial use. >>> >>> We strongly encourage all J users to take a serious look at Jd. >>> >>> It should be of particular interest to anyone who works with csv files. >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >>> >> >> >> >> --- >> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >> https://www.avast.com/antivirus >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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
