Because you don't see "Help" on the menu until you click the "link" link. You get a command line waiting for some input. In many systems, the obvious thing to do at that point is to type some form of "help" on that command line to see what happens.
Eric Iverson wrote: > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 10:28:37 -0400 > From: Eric Iverson<[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Jbeta] suggestion: help > To: Beta forum<[email protected]> > > Why is a help verb more helpful than the menu item? > > On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 11:14 AM, Murray > Eisenberg<[email protected]>wrote: > >> I suggest there be a noun 'help' that, when typed at the J prompt, takes >> you to the jhelp page. >> >> My initial thought was to have a verb to be used in the form >> >> help '' >> >> but then that would presume the user already knew about J syntax. -- 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
