A clear error message identifying that the required addon is not installed would be preferable IMO. And would be required anyway for the instances where a user doesn't have an Internet connection.
To reduce the occurrence of this phenomenon, dependency checking functionality could be introduced to the Package Manager (addons already declare their dependencies in their manifest however the information is not used). On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 8:40 AM, Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > Perhaps require (or some cover verb) could be written to attempt to > download an addon if it is not present? > > This would simplify some casual uses of J. > > That said, some people might want this switched off. > > -- > Raul > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
