FWIW, I'm currently using W7 Pro (along with several other operating systems in a multiboot setup). I've used so many OS's over they years that switching from one to another no longer bothers me much.
I've found that they all have pros and cons and that doing research is just the price of admission I pay to the game I chose to play long ago. In some ways, I think it can be nice if a computer system is a whole, with software and hardware designed to be tightly tied together, such as the Xerox Alto or Apple Mac, where there are few choices and the user can focus on using the tool rather than learning the architecture. But, over all, I find the clash of disparate architectures stimulating and that each one can bring out useful and interesting concepts that might never have been seen, otherwise. -- David Mitchell Matthew Brand wrote: > FYI (not that it matters) I am using Ubuntu, not Windows. There are so > many versions of Windows Vista and Windows that it is confusing. I > don't know what each inferior-sounding version has left out compared > to the superior-sounding versions. I don't have the time to research > through all of the marketing waffle and buzz words either. > > Actually I don't feel comfortable getting Windows at all because they > seem to be playing some stupid shenanigans with all the stupid > editions: "Home", "Home Premium", "Professional", "Ultimate" ... I > mean, are they taking the p***?! Is it a joke? Are these people > adults? Do they have driving licenses... scary! > > I can just see me in a parallel universe, perhaps I got drunk and made > a silly snap purchase of "W7 Home Edition" (gee, that sounds so crappy > compared to "Ultimate Edition", I don't feel like a real man anymore > for even imagining I would buy such a wimpy sounding OS), but anyway, > there I am staring at the pop-up ... "To use this feature you need to > upgrade to the Ultimate Edition". What a headache. I think I would > have a cerebral aneurism. You would hear me screaming in Canada. > > > > > > 2009/11/10 Don Guinn <[email protected]>: >> I tried your foo1 and I couldn't get it to fail. I'm running VISTA. If you >> are running under Windows you might want to look at >> http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Guides/Windows%20Progress%20Dialog as it >> gives you a way to interrupt a long running task. >> >> On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 6:35 AM, David Mitchell <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> psel is what I use: >>> >>> foo1=: 3 : 0 >>> wd 'psel proge' >>> wd 'set info ',": y >>> wd 'set ccprogress ',": y >>> ) >>> >>> -- >>> David Mitchell >>> >>> Matthew Brand wrote: >>>> "I am trying to understand how it works so I wrote this" ... well >>>> actually I mainly copy/pasted it from pASepProgressBar :-). >>>> >>>> 2009/11/10 Matthew Brand <[email protected]>: >>>>> I can't get the pASepProgressBar class to work. >>>>> I am trying to understand how it works so I wrote this: >>>>> wd 0 : 0 >>>>> pc proge; >>>>> xywh 6 16 172 11;cc ccprogress progress ws_border; >>>>> xywh 6 3 173 10;cc info static;cn ""; >>>>> pas 6 6;pcenter; >>>>> rem form end; >>>>> pshow; >>>>> set info 50 >>>>> ) >>>>> wd 'set info 40' >>>>> If I highlight it all and press ctrl-R then it works as expected with >>> the >>>>> info label set to 40. >>>>> But if I try to run wd 'set info 40' after that, I get an error: >>>>> wd 'set info 40' >>>>> |domain error: wd >>>>> | wd'set info 40' >>>>> |[-0] >>>>> wd 'qer' >>>>> bad id : 0 >>>>> How do I tell the wd command that I am referring to the info control >>> inside >>>>> the window (parent?) proge? >>>>> What should I write instead of: >>>>> wd 'set info 40' >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Matthew. >>>>> >>>>> 2009/10/11 David Mitchell <[email protected]> >>>>>> For Windows, there is this: >>>>>> >>>>>> http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Guides/Windows%20Progress%20Dialog >>>>>> >>>>>> or the WD object progressbar: >>>>>> >>>>>> http://www.jsoftware.com/help/user/wd_commands.htm >>>>>> >>>>>> You can see the WD progress bar in action in the "controls" demo on the >>>>>> bottom >>>>>> of the "selects" tab. >>>>>> -- >>>>>> David Mitchell >>>>>> >>>>>> Matthew Brand wrote: >>>>>>> Is there a library of "widgets" or does anybody have any code that can >>>>>>> display some kind of progress bar. >>>>>>> E.g. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> init_progressBar_ 10 NB. there will be 10 steps to 100% completion >>>>>>> >>>>>>> for_i i.10 do. >>>>>>> NB. do calculation step here... >>>>>>> update_progressBar_ i NB. alter progress bar to position i >>>>>>> end. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> end_progressBar_ '' NB. stop displaying the progress bar. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Just thought I would ask if this already exists before trying to write >>>>>>> something to do it. >>>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>> 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 >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
