Neat! Is this just for names defined in system files or does it include addons? I tried looking for grid and got nothing.
On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 2:10 PM, Ric Sherlock <[email protected]> wrote: > The documentation in the source scripts is not bad but isn't available > in the distributed version of the system because all the comments are > stripped during the build (unfortunately IMO). > If you are online and use the Gtk version, then Ctrl+F1 on the name > of the verb/noun in question will open the web page containing the > source script including comments. So type deb in the Term window, > place the cursor on it and press Ctrl+F1 > > On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 7:58 AM, Don Guinn <[email protected]> wrote: > > But the scripts could be better documented. Also, say I wanted to find > > something to remove multiple blanks (didn't happen to think of "delete > extra > > blanks"), wouldn't it be nice to have some sort of list to help me find > deb > > and where it is? > > > > On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 11:11 AM, Lettow, Kenneth <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > >> You learn something new every day. Now I can go home ;-) > >> > >> Thanks Raul. > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > >> Behalf Of Raul Miller > >> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 12:29 PM > >> To: Chat forum > >> Subject: Re: [Jchat] NuVoc > >> > >> On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 11:16 AM, David Ward Lambert > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > Say, is there a list explanations for the system definitions in z, j, > >> > and other locales? It's possible that they are explained in a lab I > >> > haven't yet experienced, or that I should write a lab to explain them. > >> > > >> > If you have time on your hands and are bored---my story: > >> > > >> > If new user me were clever enough to run names_z_'' I'd possibly see > >> > "deb" and guess that it pertains to debugging. > >> ... > >> > "Aha! dELETE eXTRA bLANKS." And I've got better ideas for what other > >> > definitions may mean. > >> > >> In J6, you can do: > >> > >> edit 'deb' > >> > >> And it will open the strings.ijs file for you and position the cursor > >> on the definition for deb. If you then scroll up, you should be able > >> to find the line: > >> > >> NB.*deb v delete extra blanks > >> > >> Or if you go to the top of the file you can find: > >> > >> NB. deb delete extra blanks > >> > >> FYI, > >> > >> -- > >> Raul > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> 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
