Between the terseness of J and until now with DD all my definitions, except for nouns, would fit in the screen. But with DD definitions can easily get very long. The editor needs a way to hide blocks of code like editors for C and JavaScript can. Not now, but soon.
On Tue, Oct 27, 2020, 7:20 PM Ric Sherlock <[email protected]> wrote: > I have updated the J Extension for VS Code with syntax highlighting support > for Direct Definition. > https://github.com/tikkanz/j-vscode > > It differentiates between a DD noun ( {{)n .... }} ) which is highlighted > as a string, vs other Direct Definitions. > > > On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 3:36 PM Henry Rich <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 2. I agree completely, and was planning to add this at some point after > > DD has been finalized. > > > > If you want to get into modifying the JE, talk to Eric. Representations > > are something I don't know very well - all I know is summarized in the > > comments I have added - so we would be on equal footing. > > > > Henry Rich > > > > On 10/26/2020 9:05 PM, Raul Miller wrote: > > > There are two things I would like to see for direct definition which > > > are not currently implemented. I do not know if these have any > > > roadblocks.( If they do have roadblocks, I would like to understand > > > these blocking issues.) > > > > > > [1] Syntax highlighting. Currently, jqt uses a different color for > > > {{ than for }} in multiline direct definitions. (jhs does not have > > > this issue.) > > > > > > [2] Representation. I would very much like a variant on 5!:5 which > > > produces a direct definition form which is analogous to linear > > > representation except that it uses direct definition rather than > > > explicit definition. (Name use conflicts could be handled by replacing > > > n=. with 'n'=. and replacing other uses of n with ('n'~), and of > > > course the same for other reserved names.) > > > > > > My primary use of this representation would be in J's default display > > (9!:3). > > > > > > If you think I should tackle these myself, I guess I can try (though I > > > suspect I would goof up on my first attempt, and I do not know where > > > jqt's syntax highlighting code is located). > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > -- > > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
