Thanks, Brian.
I normally write my tacit phrases in named subphrases, though the names
disappear when they're all combined.
Even if it's only to write LF instead of (10{a.) -- which is what it turns
into (which degrades readability).
I often have to cook-up my verbs from reusable (named) ingredients.
Particularly if playing with (;:).
But Explicit expressions that generate a tacit verb (and vv) are a
longstanding interest. If (13 :) is to be exposed on the hillside,
beginners will have need of something else. Tools to match what other
languages have (…does anyone talk of CASE tools anymore?) would go a long
way towards raising J from cult to language (=means of communication).
Keyboard Maestro: https://www.keyboardmaestro.com/
I've used it for years, rely on it daily, and would recommend it to all my
friends. Far more usable & hence useful that either AppleScript or
Automator. I used it when drafting NuVoc to help me refer consistently to
Glossary and AET terms, not to say primitives.
But Mac users are a select plutocracy on the J list, so maybe I'm speaking
out of turn (…yet again).
WIBNI (wouldn't-it-be-nice-if) we could write J verbs which generate text
in the wiki editing area. I'd have no need of KM, and could write the
standard verbs for everyone else to use. Less show/tell and more give. Our
wiki might in time win awards.
And no it's not just a dream. Pythonista on iOS sports just such a tool: a
custom keyboard programmable in Python.
Ian
On Wed, 24 Nov 2021 at 18:00, Brian Schott <[email protected]> wrote:
> Ian,
>
> "run-on sentences" may just mean long sentences.
>
> With some tacit verbs, it is a common practice to define pieces of the
> longer verb sentences with verbs that are finally combined. An example can
> be seen in https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Essays/moo . But normally
> adverbs and conjunctions are less readily combined, and Raul's essay is
> suggesting how this might be done with adverbs and gerunds.
>
> I am unfamiliar with KM, but I used to love an app named Quickeys which
> automated macro key sequences. My impression was that Quickeys lost its
> main strength when Mac went from version 9 to version X and I gave up on
> it. So I would be pleased to learn more about KM's ability in this regard.
>
>
>
> --
> (B=)
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