The intention was that Help is for learning about J and all other top level menus for normal use of J.
On 10 September 2015 at 09:35, Ian Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > > I imagine we should blame OSX's user interface guidelines for that > change. > > @Raul - the Apple guidelines are just that: guidelines. > > Apple believes in Helps like kamikaze pilots believed in parachutes. > I'd like to see the old "Studios" menu back. To me, Studios are part > of the IDE, not the Help system. > > On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 2:19 PM, Raul Miller <[email protected]> > wrote: > > You can find Labs under the Help -> Studio menu. > > > > I imagine we should blame OSX's user interface guidelines for that > change. > > > > Note that some labs are still best run under J602. (And at least some > > of that is my fault.) > > > > Thanks, > > > > -- > > Raul > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 8:50 AM, Jim Adams <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> I’ve been retired for 15 years and have been away from J for about ten > of those years. Now I would like to use it again for simulations to test > some theories. > >> > >> Years ago, I used APL*PLUS and APL2 on mainframe computers. Then I > used J with no problems on a couple of PCs running Microsoft and then on an > Apple Mac Mini. The PCs are gone and the Mac Mini is now defunct, perhaps > due to a lightning surge. I believe I was running J602 on that computer > ten years ago, or whenever. > >> > >> Now I have a late 2013 model Apple iMac (2.9 GHz Intel Core i5) running > OS X Yosemite Version 10.10.5 (the latest version). > >> > >> I have no idea what has been the impetus behind your recent J803 and > J804. Was it to support mobile devices? I have installed JQt and Jconsole > on my computer but see no Labs. In order to get back into using J, I would > like to refresh myself via the Labs. What is the latest version of J > supporting Labs? Should that version work with my current computer and > operating system? Should I try to get J602 running, since that suited my > needs previously? > >> > >> Thank you for any tips you can give me. I’m feeling stymied. > >> > >> Jim Adams > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> 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
