Re: [Jprogramming] jios user subdirectory

2023-12-28 Thread Ian Clark
Brian wrote: > I got the editing window open using ".o but I don't see a save option, or a run option or a load option from there. The ⌘ button (top-left) drops a menu of "File" items. Tap: More… -(the last item) to see the full menu (scrollable by finger-drag). One of those items is Redirect ⇧⌘S

Re: [Jprogramming] jios user subdirectory

2023-12-28 Thread Ian Clark
getclip'' returns '' before any text has been placed on the clipboard (i.e. cut or copied). It looks like it's not working on your kit. Can you copy/paste text either way between other apps besides jios? As I tried to make clear, I know nothing about the feature except (a) it works between my Ma

Re: [Jprogramming] jios user subdirectory

2023-12-27 Thread Brian Schott
Ian (et al), I tried your getclip'' experiment. When I execute getclip'' , the return was . There was no alert at the desktop, asking for my permission to paste, I got the same . And then when I enter "myfoldtext" on jios I see "4 : " . So maybe I'm doing something wrong. I have successfully e

Re: [Jprogramming] jios user subdirectory

2023-12-27 Thread Ian Clark
@ Brian You say you don't use iCloud, and you've given up on iOS Files app. You're denying yourself the most robust way to move J scripts between your iOS device and your Mac. And (probably) the easiest to setup and use. Though that may not be saying much. If I had 10 coders in my team, I'd put on

Re: [Jprogramming] jios user subdirectory

2023-12-27 Thread 'Mike Day' via Programming
Glad that was useful. You mention copy & paste. Ian will have wise things to say about this, which I won't understand, but one of the things that "appears" to wipe my Jios ipad installation is copy from elsewhere or from the J session itself, and paste into a J edit session, even when bra

Re: [Jprogramming] jios user subdirectory

2023-12-26 Thread Brian Schott
Mike and Ian, Mike, your answer was very helpful because I could not get the iphone to be recognized by my desktop Mac when I tried to link them with a USB cable (I don't use icloud). An error keeps occurring, so I gave up on the ios files app. But your mention of a folder creation button made me

Re: [Jprogramming] jios user subdirectory

2023-12-26 Thread Ian Clark
However you'd do it in jqt, it's worth trying the same in jios. If something doesn't work, it's usually not the fault of jios but the bizarre paranoid iOS directory system, which prioritizes security over convenience and takes getting used-to. As a general rule, paths beginning: 'j/' are the most

Re: [Jprogramming] jios user subdirectory

2023-12-26 Thread 'Mike Day' via Programming
Don't know about iphone, but I've got a couple of folders/directories under ~user in my iPad installation of Jios; here's the official info: JVERSION Engine: j903/j64/iOS beta-k: GPL3/2023-04-16T23:21:00 Platform: iOS/iPadOS Version: 903.2 57 Installer: App Store Contact: www.jsoftware.com I