It is easy to have buttons and menus on the jijx page. I prefer it the way it is, but different preferences abound. The big question now is whether this approach to a J interface has merit. So far most of what has been asked for are easy, customizable extensions.
On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 5:24 PM, Murray Eisenberg <[email protected]>wrote: > But in the JFE, one can merely use the File > Exit menu item, or just > click the window's close button. No typing! > > Closing the browser tab for J701 does not seem to shut down J console. > And in order to shut that down directly, you'd have to shift focus from > the browser back to the J console, then click its close-window button. > > I write this as one who started with computers a long time ago -- with > punched cards, then keyboard console input. Mousing was a great invention! > > Clicking an icon or a file menu option is just a lot easier for me than > remembering a command-line command and then typing it. (With the > multitude of programs I use, who knows whether a particular one requires > "exit" or "quit" or something else entirely!) > > End rant. > > "Sherlock, Ric" wrote: > > > > Just like normal J you exit the jhs session using the exit'' command. > > That will shut down and close the jconsole window too. > > > -- > Murray Eisenberg [email protected] > Mathematics & Statistics Dept. > Lederle Graduate Research Tower phone 413 549-1020 (H) > University of Massachusetts 413 545-2859 (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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
