bob,
This is great!  I don't use JHS but now that you have enhanced display
for JQT I'll definitely use it.  Thanks for sharing,
Vijay.

On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 9:58 AM, robert therriault
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks John,
>
> One of the things that the standard display is really good at is hiding some 
> of the details for the benefit of the user. Using 0 0 $ 0 as a way to create 
> a null return is an example of that. With the Enhanced display I chose to 
> show the results of empty shapes in a way that is clearer for the programmer, 
> so using it with the 13!:x verbs sounds like a really good fit. Let me know 
> how it works for you and about any bugs that you do discover.
>
> Cheers, bob
>
> On Jul 16, 2015, at 6:46 AM, John Baker <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I have given this a quick try under jqt.
>>
>> Opening a second window while also displaying the standard text display is
>> very helpful.  The next time I am debugging something I will try using your
>> script when stepping through code.  I use the 13!:x verbs and assigned pf
>> keys for debugging instead of the visual debugger - (more portable) - so
>> your script may yield many of the benefits of a visual debugger without
>> actually using one.
>>
>> Very nice. I'd urge everyone to give this a try and help shake out the bugs
>> this will be nice addition to J's libraries.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 7:45 AM, Joe Bogner <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> bob,
>>>
>>> This is very impressive work. I watched the videos, which were
>>> excellent, and successfully ran the jqt version. I spend more time in
>>> jqt lately than jhs so this is a welcome addition.
>>>
>>> Thank you for sharing
>>>
>>> Joe
>>>
>>>   JVERSION
>>> Engine: j803/2014-10-19-11:11:11
>>> Library: 8.03.13
>>> Qt IDE: 1.3.1/5.3.2
>>> Platform: Win 64
>>> Installer: J803 install
>>> InstallPath: c:/users/joe bogner/downloads/j64-803
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 1:09 AM, robert therriault
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> Good evening all,
>>>>
>>>> For those who are using the jqt platform, I have just uploaded the
>>> script for the Enhanced Display to work with jqt. The advantage that this
>>> version has is that it will return the standard version in the terminal
>>> window as usual, with enhanced version appearing in its own window for easy
>>> comparison. To access the script and the videos describing it, visit the
>>> wiki page.
>>> http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/BobTherriault/Enhanced%20J%20Display
>>>>
>>>> Cheers, bob
>>>>
>>>> On Jul 10, 2015, at 11:57 AM, John Baker <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I've been playing around with your enhanced display.
>>>>>
>>>>> This has addon written all over it.  I was surprised to see that when
>>> you
>>>>> use it to generate a display in JHS the display retains a lot of
>>>>> information about the contents of boxed structures.
>>>>>
>>>>> Mousing and hovering over the array display describes the contents in a
>>>>> direct and simple manner.
>>>>>
>>>>> Of course all this is retained in the JHS page which underscores the
>>>>> potential of JHS to show us a lot more.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 12:04 PM, robert therriault <
>>> [email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks John,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In jhs what you are actually looking at is an SVG file in an HTML
>>> wrapper
>>>>>> created by j's defined jhtml verb.  I have created a version that will
>>>>>> return raw html, but at the moment there seem to be issues attaching
>>> the
>>>>>> script to the wiki page.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers, bob
>>>>>>
>>>>>> John Baker's post on the general forum.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The (visual) verb could be very handy for creating J documentation.
>>>>>> Especially when building eBooks that display J boxed displays. Please
>>> make
>>>>>> sure there is a version that spits out the raw HTML.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It's amazing that here we are in the 21st century and box drawing
>>>>>> characters are still a pain in the posterior.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The other day I was updating the LaTeX version of all my blog posts
>>> bm.pdf,
>>>>>> ("blog master" or "bowel movement"),  and found that the pipe character
>>>>>> LuaLaTex was substituting in the font I was using was proportional
>>> thereby
>>>>>> throwing off the alignment in lstlisting environments:  arghhhhh!!!  I
>>>>>> ended up
>>>>>> "fixing" this issue with:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> NB. lstlisting oriented portable box drawing characters
>>>>>>
>>>>>> pipechars=:[: 9!:7 '+++++++++!-'"_ [ ]
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Which sneaks in ! for |.  I was not amused.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jul 7, 2015, at 5:12 PM, robert therriault <[email protected]>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have been working over the last while creating an alternative
>>> display
>>>>>> format for the JHS environment using SVG. It is loosely based on the
>>> work
>>>>>> that I had done last summer using HTML, but this version I think is a
>>>>>> little cleaner and less obtrusive while still providing more
>>> information
>>>>>> than the standard display.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The script and the supporting videos are posted on the wiki. The
>>> videos
>>>>>> will give you a sense of the approach I have taken. I warn you all in
>>>>>> advance when it comes to programming I am more of a designer than a
>>>>>> programmer. :-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/BobTherriault/Enhanced%20J%20Display
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I look forward to feedback, as there is some work to do on how to
>>>>>> display unicode, symbols and sparse arrays in ways that make
>>> interaction
>>>>>> with them a bit more intuitive.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cheers, bob
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