Perhaps you are using iPad. On my iPhone, there is no option to enter digits in ABC mode. Also there are no little icons above the top if the keyboard.
On Sun, 27 Feb 2022 at 1:19 PM Ian Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > @ 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
