greg heil wrote: >> The ijx and ijs windows are read and written on request, and do not >> continually check whether they have been updated by an external >> process. This practice is common in Windows text editors, but whether >> J should do so is debatable - it involves a lot of mechanism that is >> probably more trouble than it is worth. It is easiest just to avoid >> editing a script in J and in an external editor at the same time. > > > Sort of makes it difficult to create an alternative IDE w/o that > support. As i said earlier i have been i need of a mechanism for > maintaining my state independently of J's stability - hence the > alternate open window.
If you want to create an alternative IDE, go ahead, but just don't edit scripts using an ijs window and your external editor at the same time. To ensure stability, follow our advice to develop J in script windows - these are saved when they are loaded, so your work in progress is automatically saved. The only time when you might lose work is when you develop in the ijx window, and this should be done for only small code fragments. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
