j.exe is the current j602 windows front end (docs refer to this as Jwdw). j.jar is the current j602 Java front end for non-windows systems that is equivalent to the windows front end (docs refer to this as Jwdp). On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 12:09 AM, Kip Murray <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
