The key words are >> behaviour is that pressing the red button at top-left closes the >> window, but leaves the application running. To my disappointment, ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^
--- Eric Iverson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I may be misreading your message, but want to point out that there can > be (just as on all other platforms) multiple J processes on the Mac. > > Start a terminal window and run < jw & > two times to get two J > sessions. > > Alternatively start 2 terminal windows, run jw in each, and you get two > J sessions (processes). > > Normally clicking a dock icon just activates an app if it is already > running. Mac dock icons give menu options if you click them with the > control key down. Click the terminal icon with the control key pressed > and you get a menu oprtion for New Shell to start a second terminal > window. The current J dock icon doesn't have this option so you need to > start a second J session more manually. If someone knows how to add a > New J menu item to the dock icon we will be happy to include the > improvement it in the next release. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Oleg Kobchenko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Programming forum" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 9:55 PM > Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Mac OS X; closing the ijx window > > > > The IJX window is the session log. > > There can be only one session per instance of J process, > > and by default on Mac this means single J process ever. > > Thus there can be only one IJX window. > > > > However, it should be possible to achieve the behavior > > you are seeking: on closing the window, not disposing it > > but hiding. E.g. having also an IJS window open > > > > wdforms'' > > +----+---+-+----+-+-----------------------------------+ > > |jijs|100|0|jijx|3|1.ijx - /Users/user/j601/temp/1.ijx| > > +----+---+-+----+-+-----------------------------------+ > > |jijs|102|1|jijs|2|1.ijs - /Users/user/j601/temp/1.ijs| > > +----+---+-+----+-+-----------------------------------+ > > > > wd'psel 100;pshow sw_hide' NB. 100 from 2nd column > > > > Then from IJS Window menu, select Froms and activate IJX. > > Now it's restored again. So it is possible to associate > > clearing the log on such re-activation. One problem is > > that if IJX is the last window, there is no menu or other > > means to handle event, as they are form based. > > > > In practical terms you need to add a shortcut key just > > to clear the session. While my favorite key combination, > > that is already defined is Cmd+A Del Enter. > > > > > > > > > > --- Mike Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> I'm learning J and find it helpful to work with 3 windows open > >> together. I have the 1.ijx window, a .ijs script I'm working on and > >> the Help window in Safari (the Apple browser). As I write in the .ijs > >> window, I usually save and then switch to the .ijx window where I > >> load and play around with my coding efforts. After a while doing this > >> the .ijx can become quite messy. There comes a time when I seek the > >> easy way out and go to close the .ijx window. On the Mac, the usual > >> behaviour is that pressing the red button at top-left closes the > >> window, but leaves the application running. To my disappointment, > >> pressing red gets me the "Do I want to close" prompt. If I select > >> that, the entire J application closes down. Why can't I close > >> the .ijx session without quitting the J application? Which menu > >> option gets me a new .ijx session? > >> > >> Mike Powell ____________________________________________________________________________________ Access over 1 million songs - Yahoo! Music Unlimited (http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
