On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 6:14 PM, Chris Burke <[email protected]> wrote: > Background info on IDE changes planned for J7 is at: > http://www.jsoftware.com/papers/jfe.htm
This looks very nice. I think that your stdio jfe will be useful for several reasons: [1] It should be very simple to implement. [2] It will be useful in unix contexts where X is not available (for example, cron jobs). [3] Since we will be able to "switch" front ends, starting a stdio front end and then doing graphics later will not be the obstacle it has been in the past. That said, I would recommend changing JE calls input_jfe_'' for input 15!:18'' returns prompt JE calls output_jfe_'' for output 15!:19'' returns output string 15!:20'' returns output type (input, formatted, error, etc) to JE calls input_jfe_ prompt for input JE calls outputtype output_jfe_ outputstring for output. outputtype may be input, formatted, error, etc. (i just now noticed the wiki page -- I read your letter and slept on it over night before responding, I will think about contributing on that wiki page in the future.) Thanks, -- Raul ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
