Ian Thanks. This should be fixed in the latest base library 9.4.3.
Chris On Sun, Jul 3, 2022 at 10:30 PM 'Ian Shannon' via General <gene...@jsoftware.com> wrote: > > Hello there, > > I have just copied in Ewart Shaw's utilities, and tried to combine his path > names with my directory structure. > > The system utility jpath resolves names starting with tilde (~) according > to SystemFolders_j_ and UserFolders_j_ > > This uses the case of the first letter of Name to select which of these 2 > nouns to use. > > Because jpath is potentially recursive, ~name1 can refer to ~name0 and ~name > 2 can refer to ~name1 and the names get resolved without issue. > > EXCEPT that in the construction of UserFolders_j_ (in > ~system/utils/configure.ijs) the verb filecase is called before the jpath > resolution occurs. > > Verb filecase ensures that file name are correctly handled for the > various file systems and mostly returns a lowercase of its argument. But it > becomes problematic when applied to that part of a file name which may > require resolution by jpath and has capital letters in the name. > > There is added complications that jpath uses SystemFolders_j_ and > UserFolders_j_ in name resolution, but it is called in configure.ijs which > constructs both of these nouns! > > Changing the expression > > jpath each filecase each > > into > > filecase each jpath each > > inside configure.ijs may fix this issue, but could potentially break some > other pre-existing code. > > > Regards, > > Ian > Ian Shannon > Undertaking rigorous statistics in support of the NSW environment > For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and > wrong. Mencken > > Science Strategy & Impact Branch > Department of Planning and Environment > > The Department of Planning and Environment acknowledges that it stands on > Aboriginal land. We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land and we > show our respect for elders past, present and emerging through thoughtful and > collaborative approaches to our work, seeking to demonstrate our ongoing > commitment to providing places in which Aboriginal people are included > socially, culturally and economically. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This email is intended for the addressee(s) named and may contain > confidential and/or privileged information. > If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender and then > delete it immediately. > Any views expressed in this email are those of the individual sender except > where the sender expressly and with authority states them to be the views of > the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage. > > PLEASE CONSIDER THE ENVIRONMENT BEFORE PRINTING THIS EMAIL > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
