Hi Devon,

The project manager has a lot of features. Besides the Find Tool, I 
particularly like the following:
1. Global Assignments in File - this is really helpful. I've never really like 
using global variables but sometimes you just need to make one. So I am really 
watch out for global assignments.
2. Export Scripts - Exports your scripts to HTML ... great for documentation. :)
3. Format Scripts - I always-always-always use this. I always make it a point 
to run this after I edited a file. 
4. SVN Support - I normally use TortoiseSVN and AnhkSVN but whenever I'm in J 
... I just use the Project Manager. 

For me, the Project Manager is a great way of compartmentalizing my project. My 
whole system, consists of 7 projects, is around 256KB (that's a lot if you're 
doing it in J) and the PM really helps a lot.

r/Alex


-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Devon McCormick
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 11:09 AM
To: Programming forum
Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Ineffective Windows search tool

Well, I did not know about that tool.  Also, I don't always have a session
manager window open but it looks worth a try.

Looking at it just now, it works OK for my test case but I would have to
search several sections of
the J directory tree separately if I were unsure where the script might be
found.

There should be an option to search from the base of the J tree.

On 12/3/07, Oleg Kobchenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Why would you want to use a third-party search for
> J script files, if there is a great tool in Session Manager,
> called Find in Files?
>
>
> --- Devon McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Has anyone else had a problem with the Windows (XP) search tool?  I've
> found
> > that when I search, e.g. the J directory for a word I expect to find in
> a
> > script (.ijs) file, I get no hits even when I have a file with that word
> in
> > it.  The newer tool that comes with Office 2007 is even worse - there is
> no
> > apparent option to search file contents - but the older tool is still
> > available.  However, this is a moot point if the older tool doesn't
> work.
> >
> > For example, I create the file "testSearch.ijs" containing the single
> line:
> >
> > NB. Test if Windows search can find "discombobulate".
> >
> > then I right click on a directory above the one where this file is
> saved,
> > enter "discombobulate" in the entry field for the "A word or phrase in
> the
> > file:" option, and click on the "Search" button.  This finds no files.
> >
> > I find myself using ancient DOS tools - "sweep" and "grep" - for an
> > effective search.  Is there anything about the "ijs" suffix that might
> > quietly exclude these files from consideration by Windows?
> >
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