Aha: that explains it: I was expecting to see syntax highlighting right in the qtide J Term window while I composed a sentence there. Evidently the syntax highlighting is only for editing entire scripts.
This, of course, is a limitation of the entire paradigm of a console/terminal separate from an editor. I guess I'm just too spoiled by the "notebook" front end in Mathematica, where one can freely intermix text, graphics, expressions to be evaluated, etc., and evaluate what you type, no matter how long, in the same document/window. On 9 Apr 2013 16:25:39 +0100, Marc Simpson <[email protected]> wrote: > On my box, the Editor provides highlighting while the Terminal is still > monochrome (blue on pale yellow). > > FYI, > > JVERSION > > Engine: j701/2011-01-10/11:25 build: Feb 6 2011 16:16:29 > > Library: 8.01.008 > > Qt IDE: 1.0.3 > > Platform: Darwin 64 > > Installer: j801 beta install > > InstallPath: /Applications/j64-801 > > Best, > Marc > > On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 3:20 PM, Murray Eisenberg <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Under Mac OS X, I just ran "install 'qtide'" in the j801 console, exited, >> opened jqt801, updated all packages, restarted. But I don't see any syntax >> highlighting. Verbs, adverbs, conjunctions, nouns, copulas, and punctuation >> all are in the same blue. >> >> Please give an example of what I should be seeing. >> >> Note. The following is suspicious -- why am I still seeing 1.0.3 for Qt >> IDE version? >> JVERSION >> Engine: j701/2011-01-10/11:25 build: Feb 6 2011 16:16:29 >> Library: 8.01.008 >> Qt IDE: 1.0.3 >> Platform: Darwin 64 >> Installer: j801 beta install >> InstallPath: /Volumes/MacHD/Applications/Programming/J/j64-801 >> >> On 9 Apr 2013 08:32:35 +0800, bill lam <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> The win and mac jqt binaries have been updated on jsoftware.com >>> >>> summary of changes: >>> >>> syntax highlighting >>> labs >>> wd cmd: picon, set minwh >>> wd class: spinbox dspinbox dateedit timeedit >>> fkey form event >>> misc fixes >>> >>> http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Guides/Qt%20IDE/Install --- Murray Eisenberg [email protected] Mathematics & Statistics Dept. Lederle Graduate Research Tower phone 413 549-1020 (H) University of Massachusetts 413 545-2838 (W) 710 North Pleasant Street fax 413 545-1801 Amherst, MA 01003-9305 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
