I just sent a note to the J-Beta list - maybe the right place? - because
I don't get a "Package Manager" option from the "Run" menu (running
J601c under Windows XP). I'd like to install the JAL the preferred way
but it's tough when the first step in the process is a bust.
On 4/21/07, Björn Helgason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
JAL is very interesting and it makes the addons very easy to use.
2007/4/21, Devon McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> Thanks for all the helpful replies.
>
> I was able to solve this using a combination of ucp and
> using wildcards in the rename function for the problem characters.
> However, I also came up with a translate table to replace these
characters
> with their unaccented equivalents, as Gosi suggested, if anyone is
> interested.
>
> Also, while I do not see the usefulness of replacing " " by "_", I was
> reminded that the names have a lot of " - " separators that can be
> shortened to "-" - this also helped.
>
> I didn't try the MoveFile solution Oleg suggested but maybe this will
> encourage me to get Package Manager and install the JAL.
>
> A better-designed DVD specification would, of course, have made all
> this work unnecessary, but that's the state-of-the-art in technology
> today.
>
> On 4/21/07, Björn Helgason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > NB. forgot to add that the utility dir is required
> >
> > require'dir'
> >
> > NB. While at changing filenames I recommend renaming spaces away too
> like:
> >
> > (' ';'_')stringreplace 'file name with spaces'
> > file_name_with_spaces
> >
> >
> > 2007/4/21, Björn Helgason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > >
> > > NB. What you could do is use
> > > a=.1 dir 'foldername'
> > > NB, and/or
> > > b=.0 dir 'foldername'
> > >
> > > NB. use stringreplace to get a name without the chars you do not
want
> in
> > > the name like:
> > >
> > > require'strings'
> > > ('ö';'o')stringreplace 'Höhepunkte'
> > > Hohepunkte
> > >
> > > NB. do that over all the names in the dir results and use ucp for
the
> > > shell operation
> > > NB. something like
> > >
> > > require 'task misc'
> > >
> > > rename_files=: 3 : 0
> > > c=. ('ö';'o')stringreplace y
> > > shell ucp 'ren ',y,' ',c
> > > )
> > >
> > > rename_files each a
> > >
> > >
> > > 2007/4/20, Devon McCormick < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > > >
> > > > Members of the forum -
> > > >
> > > > maybe someone can give me some direction on a problem I'm having
> with
> > > > non-English (two-byte)
> > > > characters in file names. When I tried to back up music files
onto
> a
> > > > DVD, I
> > > > discovered that the DVD
> > > > format 1) restricts names to be no longer than 106
> > > > characters, and 2) allows only a restricted character
> > > > set.
> > > >
> > > > So, if I have a file called "Giusepe Verdi - Höhepunkte aus
> Rigoletto
> > -
> > > > 07.mp3" - where the second letter
> > > > of "Höhepunkte" is "o diaeresis" (two little dots over the letter
> "o")
> > > > and I
> > > > want to rename it to remove the
> > > > character I can't write to my DVD. I have a rename routine that
> works
> > > > for
> > > > files with a few single-byte
> > > > disallowed characters (like ";:?<>" et al.).
> > > >
> > > > However, it works by creating a batch file full of rename
commands,
> > e.g.
> > > > lines like 'ren "Giusepe Verdi -
> > > > Höhepunkte aus Rigoletto - 07.mp3" "Giusepe Verdi - Hhepunkte aus
> > > > Rigoletto
> > > > - 07.mp3"',
> > > > but these lines get messed up when they are written to the
file. I
> > > > probably
> > > > can't convey exactly
> > > > how "Höhepunkte" gets mangled as I expect the characters will get
> > messed
> > > > up
> > > > in this e-mail but the
> > > > second letter shows up as a pair of (odd) letters in the batch
file.
> > > >
> > > > I found a file rename API in "sflfile.ijs" but this fares no
better:
> > it
> > > > returns an error code, e.g.
> > > > file_rename_jsfl_ 'Giusepe Verdi - Höhepunkte aus Rigoletto -
> > > > 07.mp3';'Giusepe
> > > > Verdi - Hhepunkte aus Rigoletto - 07.mp3'
> > > >
> > > >
> >
>
+--+--------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
> > > > |_1|Giusepe Verdi - Höhepunkte aus Rigoletto - 07.mp3|GiusepeVerdi
> -
> > > > Hhepunkte aus Rigoletto - 07.mp3|
> > > >
> > > >
> >
>
+--+--------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for any ideas you have...
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Devon McCormick, CFA
> > > > ^me^ at acm.
> > > > org is my
> > > > preferred e-mail
> > > >
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> > > Björn Helgason, Verkfræðingur
> > > Fugl&Fiskur ehf, Þerneyjarsund 23, Box 127
> > > 801 Grímsnes ,t-póst: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > >
> > >
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> > >
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Björn Helgason, Verkfræðingur
> > Fugl&Fiskur ehf, Þerneyjarsund 23, Box 127
> > 801 Grímsnes ,t-póst: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Skype: gosiminn, gsm: +3546985532
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> >
> >
> > Tæknikunnátta höndlar hið flókna, sköpunargáfa er meistari
> einfaldleikans
> >
> > góður kennari getur stigið á tær án þess að glansinn fari af skónum
> > /|_ .-----------------------------------.
> > ,' .\ / | Með léttri lund verður |
> > ,--' _,' | Dagurinn í dag |
> > / / | Enn betri en gærdagurinn |
> > ( -. | `-----------------------------------'
> > | ) | (\_ _/)
> > (`-. '--.) (='.'=)
> > `. )----' (")_(")
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>
>
> --
> Devon McCormick, CFA
> ^me^ at acm.
> org is my
> preferred e-mail
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>
--
Björn Helgason, Verkfræðingur
Fugl&Fiskur ehf, Þerneyjarsund 23, Box 127
801 Grímsnes ,t-póst: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Skype: gosiminn, gsm: +3546985532
Landslags og skrúðgarðagerð, gröfuþjónusta
http://groups.google.com/group/J-Programming
Tæknikunnátta höndlar hið flókna, sköpunargáfa er meistari einfaldleikans
góður kennari getur stigið á tær án þess að glansinn fari af skónum
/|_ .-----------------------------------.
,' .\ / | Með léttri lund verður |
,--' _,' | Dagurinn í dag |
/ / | Enn betri en gærdagurinn |
( -. | `-----------------------------------'
| ) | (\_ _/)
(`-. '--.) (='.'=)
`. )----' (")_(")
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^me^ at acm.
org is my
preferred e-mail
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