1. R E Boss has pointed out to me two bugs in the distribution as was:
a missing user.zip and a missing J verb: cmx. I have fixed these. If
you've encountered problems then please try again.

2. The wd-based topend is a dead-end and should now be considered
legacy-only. I was meaning to write a new topend based on a single big
isigraph. This would have offered extreme flexibility at the cost of
building the thing from matchsticks. But I've just taken an overdue
look at the new j701 beta and it shows the way to go. That is, to
write a better topend not with gl2 calls but with dynamic html. J701
as I see it dissolves the boundary between a local app and a
server-hosted one, enabling me to develop the former and migrate it to
the latter, writing in nothing but J. This has further implications.
It promises to dissolve the boundary between a book of J pastimes
like:
 http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/At%20Play%20With%20J ,
a collection of wiki pages, and a downloadable freeware app to support
the written material like TABULA. A very exciting prospect.


On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 1:18 AM, Ian Clark <[email protected]> wrote:
> I've been reworking my old APL+Win prototype called TABULA, best
> described as a scientific calculator for intelligent laypersons. It's
> now in a fit state to be exhibited and I'd like someone else to play
> with it, please.
>
> Dowload the app (scripts only: no proper installer yet, sorry) at:
> http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/IanClark/TABULA
>
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