I haven't looked at the .jhistory file as I'm quite happy being able to run under emacs. Once I'm able to use graphics from this session on the Mac as well as Windows - I haven't yet tried your suggestion - I'll be happier still.
On 6/18/08, Joey K Tuttle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes, I'm sorry - my bad... I did mean to say profilex.ijs and that is part > of the good thing about the new distribution, even if I have to keep a copy > of profilex.ijs and my custom profile. And although I think Devon makes a > very good/valid point about such custom profiles leading to confusing posts > here -- I do still like my simpler definitions... > > Another thing that j602 does beautifully (when dropped into /Applications) > is create a .jhistory file in the jconsole user's home directory. This > provides, IMHO, a better session recall facility than the IDE... > Memory/recall spanning sessions and having a readily available script file > to edit is very nice indeed. > > - joey > > > At 09:15 -0700 2008/06/18, Oleg Kobchenko wrote: > >> ----- Original Message ---- >> >>> From: Joey K Tuttle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: Programming forum <[email protected]> >>> Cc: J-programming forum <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 12:09:53 PM >>> Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] J on Mac - versions of API calls for getting >>> temp dir >>> >>> Devon, >>> >>> I make a couple of changes to the j602 default distribution on my iMac - >>> >>> a) I put the j602 folder in /Applications (rather than user/home) >>> b) I change (as suggested in the template) j602/bin/profile.ijs >>> to have the system files to go into user/Documents/j602-user >>> >> >> Isn't the intent to create profilex.ijs (note "x") by using >> profile_template.ijs as the template. The intent is that with >> a new version profile.ijs is overwritten, which you keep >> profilex.ijs to yourself. >> (However, on Mac folder drop will replace whole content, >> so there is still a manual step. But at least you won't >> have to merge changes in profile.ijs.) >> >> c) I make a a convenience alias for console e.g. >>> sudo ln -s /Applications/j602/bin/jconsole /usr/bin/ja >>> >>> This arrangement works for other users on the machine, keeps their >>> stuff in Documents (the normal place) and is MUCH cleaner than in >>> past releases. I also add in my own profile (with simple, very >>> ancient, personal verbs) at the end of the standard profile.ijs. I'm >>> really pleased with the flexibility and clean installation of j602 in >>> OSX. >>> >>> I find it very nice to use the Mac Preview application to view >>> Documents/j602-user/temp/plot.pdf and leaving that open on the >>> desktop while running ja (jconsole) in a terminal window, plots >>> appear automatically as you create them in the j session. One >>> advantage is that the rendering of the pdf file is smoother than the >>> normal j IDE - very pretty plots that scale beautifully. >>> >>> In profile_template.ijs it is suggested that you keep an eye on >>> SYSTEMFOLDERS_j_ which may contain the locations you want for temp >>> etc. >>> >>> - joey >>> >>> At 11:16 -0400 2008/06/17, Devon McCormick wrote: >>> >Members of the Forum - >>> > >>> >I've recently been getting my normal J environment to run on a Mac, >>> with >>> >some success. I can run jconsole under emacs but have not yet figured >>> out >>> >how to get jee to run so that I can use plotting, etc. from my emacs >>> session >>> >manager. However, I'm still working on this, so I don't have a >>> specific >>> >question yet. >>> > >>> >I have been pleased by the portability in most cases. The only real >>> >problem I noticed so far was with the few Windows API calls I use. So >>> far, >>> >the only one that matters for my normal startup is the one that locates >>> the >>> >default temp directory. It's easy enough to kludge this by hard-coding >>> it >>> >in the Mac case but I was wondering what do other people do for the >>> more >>> >general solution? >>> > >>> >Thanks, >>> > >>> >Devon >>> > >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >>> >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Devon McCormick, CFA ^me^ at acm. org is my preferred e-mail ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
