Yes, AFAIK it only works for names defined in the base distribution. I imagine it would be possible to extend the functionality to support various addons but am not sure how easy that would be. I suspect Bill would have a better idea.
On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 11:45 AM, Don Guinn <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
