I just need some help saving files to disk.

[Awab Khan]

When i write a function and try to save it using (FILES?) it lists a whole bunch of other files that it wants me to save first before it does the function and i don't think i am supposed to do that. I might be doing something wrong in the installation part then. Here i have posted a screenshot of what it looks like.
I will appreciate the help.

[Paolo Amoroso]

Can you tell a bit more about the steps you take prior to calling FILES?? What else are you doing other than defining your own new function?

On Sun, Sep 14, 2025 at 1:46 PM Awab Khan <awabk...@gmail.com> wrote:

When i write a function and try to save it using (FILES?) it lists a whole bunch of other files that it wants me to save first before it does the function and i don't think i am supposed to do that. I might be doing something wrong in the installation part then. Here i have posted a screenshot of what it looks like.
I will appreciate the help.

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[Paolo Amoroso]

It's odd that you got a Medley error about the LOOPS and TEST directories as these subsystems are entirely optional, but other than that nothing unusual jumps at me. Make sure the loops and test directories are at the same level as medley and maiko.

What's the error you get when running with the -m 256 option? In general it's better to use the medley script instead of run-medley (medley -z to read the man page). What operating system are you using?

On Sun, Sep 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM Awab Khan <awabk...@gmail.com> wrote:

I am just going to list everything up to this point so you could have a better understanding.

 1. I cloned the maiko repo and made the executable files using makeright x and makeright init and put them in path.

2. Then I cloned the medley repo and used this script to build the sysout  and related files 

time ./scripts/loadup-all.sh -apps && time ./scripts/loadup-db.sh

3. Then I got an error about a notecard dir not found so I cloned the notecard dir.

4. The scripts ran fine now and I booted in the system but then I got some error about the LOOPS dir and TEST dir so to get rid of these I cloned them as well but I think if I didn't clone them the system would have run fine and I would just have some warnings. But then I rebuilt the files using the script and everything loaded fine this time with no warnings.

5. Then I created my function and tried to save it using (FILES?) and then I get the output I shared with you.

Also I did run the run_medley script with the -m 64 flag instead of the default -m 256 because the default didn't work.

[Paolo Amoroso]

Do you mean FILES? now behaves as expected?

Medley doesn't run clock applications by default but to bring up the right column of buttons try starting Medley with medley -a It would also be useful if you could post a screenshot of your full Medley window.

What machine and operating system are you using?

PS Please Cc your reply to the mailing list.

On Sun, Sep 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM Awab Khan <awabk...@gmail.com> wrote:

Yeah putting the loops and test dir at the same level at medley and maiko fixed it but the main issue was that I was loading the file loadups/build/fuller.sysout which might have given the errors about loops and test dirs. But I think everything is fine now but my environment doesn't look as snappy as in the screenshots when you run it on the web. Like I don't have the clock the notecard icon and documentation button column on the right side.

I only just have a prompt window and an XCL prompt open when I run it.

[Awab Khan]

Yes, (FILES?) behaves as expected now. But yeah I will post the screenshot as soon as I get home.

I apologize if I forgot to Cc last time. I am new to this and I don't really know how to do all this mailing list and stuff correctly but I will learn.

[Awab Khan]

Here is the screenshot of what i get when i run medley.
I am running it on Arch Linux  using WSL2.

[Larry Masinter]

We should add a warning not to use fuller.sysout. It isn’t insisting the release.

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> side.

[Ron Kaplan]

I don't think it is included in the release, only when you make the database.

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