Virtually all my code uses wd and gl2 graphics, so I can't contemplate 
trying the beta without them.  Any idea when wd and gl2 will be supported?

Henry Rich

Eric Iverson wrote:
> I think everything on your wish list is doable without much effort. The
> reason the ijs buttons are at the bottom is that they are then easily
> accessed with the tab key. That is:
> 
> edit changes, tab key, enter (triggers run button), etc.
> 
> At the top the same trick works with shift+tab, but would up the pressure
> for key shortcuts.
> 
> A big step forward would be to adopt the use of html accesskey (ctrl+key to
> do something). The problem is that this area is full of cross
> platrom/browser incompatibilities. I think getting something useful is
> possible, but a bit like walking a mine field.
> 
> I've moved from hating javascript to finding it to be quite nice for client
> side programming. But the serious problems of browser incompatibilities
> continue (although nothing like even 3 years ago.
> 
> On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 7:53 AM, David Mitchell <[email protected]>wrote:
> 
>> I tried a variety of my 6.02 scripts and had success with some of them.
>>  Many
>> wouldn't run due to the lack of wd.  I created a cd replacement for
>> wd'clippaste
>> 2' and I was able to get my exiftool utility working.
>>
>> I missed the keyboard shortcuts for Open, Save, Run, Run Line, the debug
>> verbs,
>> ijx/ijs window swap, the contextual find options, 'recent' script memory.
>>
>> My preference would be to have the ijs buttons and file name at the top of
>> the
>> window, rather than the bottom.
>>
>> I found the loss of cursor position after hitting Save in the ijs window
>> very
>> unproductive.
>>
>> I would like a more complete browser window for opening scripts, at least
>> including time and date.
>>
>> I found I had to hit enter to force a manual refresh of the jijx window
>> after
>> hitting run on a concurrent ijs window.
>>
>> Even with these issues, I found it reasonably usable.
>>
>> I copied in the 6.02 addons into the 701 directory and had success with an
>> sqlite script.
>>
>> --
>> David Mitchell
>>
>>
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