@ Bill I wouldn't recommend using those awful extra shift-lock keys like [.?123], [ABC] etc. It's agony to type a number list that way. But I can type: 1 2 3 easily on my "system keyboard" by never leaving the [ABC] mode.
My system keyboard is shown at: https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Guides/iOS#System_Keyboard_.28onscreen.29 If you stroke down gently on the "q" key it types: 1 …etc, and you can then use the spacebar in the normal way. I think this is called "rocking" the key. Likewise all other keys: if you rock it, you get the (grayed-out) symbol above the main white symbol. Are you using a localized keyboard where this interaction is not possible? (Other users: do you share Bill's problem with the absence of the old j701 keyboard?) I hate the system keyboard, and use a bluetooth keyboard whenever I can. (My bt kb only cost me £8 or so.) But I don't deny it's bad UX to be forced to use a keyboard that's different *in the slightest way* from the one you use habitually. However, because specialized keyboards are such a pain to maintain, and incur so many gotchas, I won't prioritize reintroducing the old j701 keyboard into j901 for iOS. At least for as long as it is a 1-person project. Meanwhile, I wouldn't discourage anyone from reverting to j701 if they just can't get on with j901. I think Apple are going to keep j701 in App Store for now. They were threatening to remove un-maintained apps. So j901 has served its purpose, even if it's only been to secure the continued availability of j701. Ian Clark On Sat, 26 Feb 2022 at 04:43, bill lam <[email protected]> wrote: > On iPhone j901, I noticed its keyboard always switched back to alphabet > after typing a space after digits, eg to enter the array 1 2 3, > I need to type > (123)1 (123)2 (123)3 > > Where (123) is the left bottom 123 key on the keyboard, I think this is a > feature of the iPhone default keyboard. OTOH j701 is easier to type > numbers. > > On Wed, 23 Feb 2022 at 5:58 AM Ian Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > > > .d temp > > > > or, the conventional J way… > > > > dir 'j/temp' > > > > (Learn about dot-commands by typing a single dot.) > > > > The advantage of .d is to give you a list of re-inputtable J sentences in > > place of a bald Linux-stye "ls" listing. > > (But you may wish to overtype work with see -which outputs the updated > text > > to the session.) > > > > > > On Tue, 22 Feb 2022 at 21:46, Richard Donovan <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Updates to a script you download from iCloud Drive *are* getting > saved. > > > > Just not back in iCloud. Try looking in j/temp/ . > > > > > > How!? > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > 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
