Where can I find an explanation of "stick with jl.exe and j.jar"? Assume I'm a beginner. Kip Murray
Eric Iverson wrote: > jhs is just another way to interface with J. It may not suit your needs. The > new jgtk interface will perhaps be more to your taste as it will be similar > to the traditional j.exe and j.jar, but with far more GUI capabilities and > features and will be part of the larger GTK development efforts. Or has been > pointed out several times, you can just stick with jl.exe and j.jar. > > You change browser configuration depending on your browser and platform. > Perhaps you should just continue with J602 and wait for the jgtk 701 > release. > > On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 10:55 AM, Murray Eisenberg > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> First, a question: How do I (easily, I hope) change the font size in the >> browser window -- without, of course, resorting to changing the >> browser's own magnification/zoom factor? >> >> In J6, this was easy and obvious -- the same sort of way as with >> changing configs of most programs: From the Edit menu item, select >> Configure. Then use a completely intuitive GUI dialog to change things. >> >> Second, some comments: Restricting things to a browser interface alone >> is the wrong way to go -- driven more, I fear, by the desire to minimize >> development effort than out of any actual improvement in the user >> interface. >> >> I find everything harder to do with the J701 browser front end than with >> the J6 (and earlier) j.exe GUI. >> >> And I've tried working with 701, even in the earlier pre-beta "concept" >> version, and find it quite obvious that it is NOT mere novelty or >> unfamiliarity with the new interface. Indeed, I use many different kinds >> of programs on a daily basis, and nothing so far even approaches the >> clumsiness of J701's interface. >> >> Unless there are dramatic improvements in usability, I am very likely to >> give up J entirely. And as a user of J from its beginning, and of APL >> before that, that is something I would not do lightly or happily. >> >> Murray >> -- >> 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
