It might be nice, for lingering issues (rarely touched web pages, that sort of thing) to retain somewhere, available for download, a copy of a beta which issues warnings or errors.
Thanks, -- Raul On Fri, Aug 14, 2020 at 3:28 PM Henry Rich <henryhr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Amplifying on what Eric said in the release announcement: > > Recently yet another user became ensnared in the strange behavior of > modifiers missing uv. With luck he will be the last. > > To recap: Inside the definition of an adverb/conjunction, x and y refer > to noun arguments to the derived verb: the modifier is invoked as > > [x] u modifier [v] y > > and those one-letter names refer to those 4 different words. > > There has been an exception: if the modifier does not contain the names > u/v/m/n, x meant u and y meant v. If you're confused, you join a > distinguished list, but don't worry: it's gonna end. By the time 9.02 > final is released, x will mean x and y will mean y. > > We have to ferret out all the places where the old-style modifiers > appear. To make a start, jsoftware has gone through the base library, > the demos, and the labs, and modernized all the names we see there. > > It will be up to you users to modernize your addons and other software > you use. We will help: > > In beta-e, the JE will print a warning message on the session when it > encounters an old-style modifier. You will need to rewrite that > modifier, usually by replacing x with u and y with v. > > In a later beta, old-style modifiers will produce errors, and in the > release all modifiers will be interpreted as they should be. > > > Make sure you update labs, demos, and the base library if you see new > warning messages. If you still see the messages, they must be coming > from your code or an addon: go to > > https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/System/ReleaseNotes/J902#Changes_to_the_J_engine > > and look for the line: "If you see messages download this script to see > what you need to change." Use that script. > > Henry Rich > > > > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > https://www.avg.com > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
