Thanks.  Ok, I see now. I was thinking jijs was for ALL script editing,  but 
that jfile/s were for accessing data. 

Most of those temp files have sprouted from jqt sessions!  Messy, but no 
problem.

Cheers,

Mike

Sent from my iPad

> On 7 Jun 2021, at 20:27, Eric Iverson <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> The jijs page has a menu at the top. The action entry has items such as
> 'save as'.
> 
> To open an existing file, use jinx page menu ide>file or use ide>files to
> see recent files.
> 
> Sounds like you have created lots of unwanted temp files. Use ide>file to
> get the jfile page, and then action>delete temps.
> 
> It might take a bit a time playing with the JHS ide to get comfortable. It
> is not a typical ide and tries to reflect the character of a browser.
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 2:37 PM 'Michael Day' via Chat <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> 
>> I give up!  Hitherto,  I've not got into JHS - only used it for swapping
>> scripts and data with
>> J701 on my iPad.  My loss, I realise.
>> 
>> However,  a few days ago, I tried using the IDE/jijs tab.  Each time I
>> invoke it,  a new scratch
>> script is created under temp,  as shown by, eg,
>> c:/users/mike_/j903-user/temp/292.ijs
>> (evidently that file is saved when the edit window is closed.)
>> I see no way of changing its name to a pre-existing script,  nor of
>> directly invoking
>> an existing script for further editing etc.
>> 
>> I've searched previous J forum correspondence and the J Wiki for help on
>> this,  but
>> found none.
>> 
>> So - How does one open an existing script for read-only or read and edit?
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> Mike
>> 
>> 
>> 
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