Dear Dan:
You solved my problem. I was naming scripts like '1 name.ijs', with a space
between the digit and the name. Apparently J treats this like '1.ijs'.
When I remove the space, everything is as before. Thanks.
Sincerely,
Leigh
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Bron
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 12:31 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] J Session Problems
Sounds like you used to use named scripts, and you've started using
temporary scripts.
A temporary script is a numbered IJS file created in your
jpath'~temp' directory. The J session manager treats these files
specially.
For one thing, the JSM doesn't record temp scripts in the "recent
files" list. I think that's appropriate (because names like
~temp\44.ijs don't tell me anything about the contents of the file,
and so are not helpful in the list).
For another, whenever you close a window which is editing a temp
script, the JSM will prompt to delete it. I, too, find this behavior
obnoxious.
The session manager should not prompt to delete files with content.
In fact, the JSM should not prompt to delete files at all (what other
editor does this?). If I want to keep my temp directory clean (why?),
I can always go through and do the housecleaning myself. Or a
"Delete" item could be added to the "File" menu.
If the JSM must act this way, the least it could do would be to move
files to the recycle bin, instead of permanently deleting them. Or,
for non-Windows compatibility, put them in its own "recycle" folder in
the J hierarchy. It's not like J scripts are large enough to make
disk space an issue.
I made some local changes to an old version of the JSM scripts which
allowed me to configure these behaviors through Edit>Configure , but
I've long since lost them. Maybe I'll recreate the changes and submit
them to JSoftware.
In any case, as far as I know, there's nothing you can toggle to
change this behavior.
But one way to solve your problem would be: upon creating a new temp
script, immediately rename it ("Save As" something different). THEN
start editing.
-Dan
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