I propose to do as Roger says, and as is already done in the existing book (see 3493342.pdf in the reference pack/zip). I see that the existing Wiki articles are identifying inline J (meaning J code embedded in narrative) by surrounding it with backticks. This is good. I'd prefer no explicit font to be specified and will only have to strip out any such markup. I shall use the backticks to identify text to set in the appropriate MSWord style. Probably by means of a MSWord macro.
Currently all code samples in the book, whether APL, J, or other language like K or MAPLE, preformatted or inline, use the same font: APL385 Unicode, which Vector has standardized upon. It is a fixed-width font designed by Adrian Smith. I'm wondering if inline J needs yet more delineation in the printed book, eg to show up clearly where two J phrases are shown separated by a (narrative) comma, or where a J phrase finishes a sentence and is followed by a (narrative) period. This could be done (and was done in working drafts) by background colouring of the J style -- which becomes light-grey on the printed page. Technically helpful, IMO, but not so pleasing. So we left it out. You can see the effect of my original code colouring in the Playnnn.doc files in the reference pack/zip. It has come back after doing the copy/paste to extract each chapter. It was suppressed in AtPlayWithJ.BOOK.doc by a global change to the whole book, but is still there latent in the code styles. IanClark On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 11:45 PM, Roger Hui <[email protected]> wrote: > There is a possible additional step which is beyond the > scope of the project as defined below, but would > (in my opinion) make the resultant text more pleasing > to read. That additional step is: use a fixed-width font > for any J code in the text. What does Ian Clark think > of this? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Chris Burke <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 15:15 > Subject: [Jchat] At Play With J > To: Chat forum <[email protected]> > >> I think everything is set up now, and we can go ahead. >> >> Forum members: please take on responsibility for one or more of the >> articles. To do so, go to wiki page >> http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/At%20Play%20With%20J and put your name >> down as owner of an article. >> >> This should not be much work, perhaps an hour or so per article, and >> essentially requires that you copy in the J code to a session >> and ensure >> that it works. At the same time, read the paper and fix any formatting >> or obvious mistakes. There are guidelines on the wiki as to what >> to do, >> but in any case, you can always ask Ian, the BAA editor. >> >> Let's show BAA and Eugene that we can do a good job on this. >> >> Thanks. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
