> From: "Sherlock, Ric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> ---Chris Burke wrote:
> > Alex Rufon wrote:
> ...
> > > So now my problem is that the addon files are not part of
> > the Project
> > > Manager's library list so I can't just add it there. Adding the
> > > following to one to one of the script files
> ...
> >
> > At some stage, the addons need to be added to the PM Library list. In
> > the meantime, just add the script to the source, i.e. in the
> > source tab,
> > click Add, navigate to the addon and add it.
>
> It will be nice when addons are properly added to the PM Library list (see
> Library Request on wiki for one idea of how).
> In the meantime I add addons that I use frequently to the PM Library list as
> follows:
>
> * Edit ~config/startup.ijs (Edit|Configure|Startup|Open)
> * Add desired addons to PUBLIC_j_ like this:
>
> buildpublic_j_ 0 : 0
> dirtrees ~addons/general/dirtrees/dirtrees
> dirutils ~addons/general/dirutils/dirutils
> md5 ~addons/convert/misc/md5
> inifiles ~addons/general/inifiles/inifiles
> sqlite ~addons/data/sqlite/sqlite
> sqlitedef ~addons/data/sqlite/def
> platimg ~addons/media/platimg/platimg
> tara ~addons/tables/tara/tara
> zip ~addons/arc/zip/zfiles
> ziptrees ~addons/arc/ziptrees/ziptrees
> csv ~addons/tables/csv/csv
> )
>
> * Finished.
>
> Because of the syntax that PM uses when it includes an entry from the PM
> Library
> list in your project,
>
> script_z_ '~addons/general/dirutils/dirutils.ijs'
> script_z_ '~addons/arc/zip/zfiles.ijs'
>
> there will be no problem running the built script on other user's machines
> who
> haven't made the same config change as you (as long as they have the addon
> installed).
>
> Another bonus is that you can then refer to these addons in the session as
> you
> would other defined library scripts. Eg.
> load 'tara'
> open 'zip'
>
> Note-To-Self: other users may/will not have the same addons defined as me -
> something to keep in mind when I post to the forum! In that situation it is
> safer to use the full JAL format. Eg.
> load 'tables/tara'
> open 'arc/zip/zfiles'
Yes it absolutely true that it is better to use canonical way
to load addons
load 'tables/tara'
All other ways are non-portable and not recommended.
To get the main forlder for addon:
jpath'~addons/tables/tara'
D:\stuff\j602\addons\tables\tara
We will need to discuss how to integrate addons in
Project Manager (PM).
One aspect of PM build process: combining external libraries
into one file, AFAIK, would probably be better to replace with
the approach of "referencing" standard base and addon library.
So instead of a one file, to create a target folder structure
with external libraries in their place. And only internal scripts
would be then combined into one file. Maybe there is already such
build "mode" in PM, I don't know. But such approach seems to
be very optimal and portable. Code is not repeated and result
can easily be incorporated into existing J installations, providing
version compatibility.
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