Gilles, Thanks for the feedback. Good stuff for various people to follow up on.
JHS has a help link to the stdlib page. I think it is a good idea that it should be in the Jqt links as well. On Fri, Oct 11, 2019 at 12:10 PM Henry Rich <[email protected]> wrote: > Good point about the error messages. I tried to make sure there would > be no errors attributed to the script that temporarily implements F., > but the try./catch. used there removes the information from the user's > verb. I'll have to think about that. > > Henry Rich > > On 10/11/2019 11:27 AM, Gilles Kirouac wrote: > > I installed beta-k then m on Linuxmint 64b. > > > > My desktop directory is named Bureau, not Desktop. The installer is thus > > unable to install shortcuts on Desktop. Minor annoyance. I created a > > link to Bureau for next time. May be suggest to do so in install > > instructions. I added a few qt5 missing packages. > > > > With the current IDE, to find the syntax of std lib utilities (e.g. > > dates, files, strings, text), I have to go through Help, Help, Usr, > > Standard Library, ... More importantly I have to KNOW that the std lib > > doc is there. > > > > Do you think a newcomer will easily explore to that level? The Library > > is a selling point. It should be easy to get to. And IMO the Lib is more > > useful to anyone than Foreigns. > > > > Two years ago, I proposed to add a line to the Help Menu pointing to the > > std lib doc. IIRC the proposal was accepted, but ... so I reiterate. > > > > Having launched jqt through a terminal, I received the following: > > > > QPaintDevice::metrics: Device has no metric information > > > > Should I worry? > > > > I briefly experimented with Fold after reading the Release Notes. Those > > could include a link to https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Vocabulary/fcap, > > which I found through a web search. > > > > I tried to run the Trajectory example from that page and got a value > > error. Where? A visual look at the script revealed a susceptible > > culprit: mean. Added require 'stats/base' and it ran. > > > > While trying the Trajectory, I ran the script with the debugger. [The > > debugger did not fail, great!] The value error on mean was not obvious. > > The stack is given as: > > value error > > Fold_j_[40] 13!:8]13!:11''[FoldZv_j_=:fzv > > trajectory[0] u F: v y > > > > This Trajectory example is a simple case. I suspect that errors in more > > complex cases may not be easy to analyze. > > > > From a notational point of view, the Fold family is a great addition, I > > think. > > > > JVERSION > > Engine: j901/j64avx/linux > > Beta-m: commercial/2019-10-02T09:15:44 > > Library: 9.01.10 > > Qt IDE: 1.8.1/5.5.1 > > Platform: Linux 64 > > Installer: J901 install > > InstallPath: /home/gilles/j901 > > Contact: www.jsoftware.com > > > > ~ Gilles > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > https://www.avg.com > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
