Thanks, Eric. Kip
Eric Iverson wrote: > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
