On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 7:06 PM, Kip Murray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm addressing this to the Programming Forum because you know how to work
> with J.
>
> Where does a beginner learn good J work habits?

Gradually?

> To begin, how to use ijs and ijx windows, how to save your work at the end
> of a session and resume it at the next.

Whenever I need more than a line of J (which I can deal with just
fine, with control-shift-up), I open a new .ijs window (control-shift-n)
and paste in whatever code I am working with and continue from
there.  I use control-w to execute my window of code.

If that code has meaning beyond one session I will eventually
give it a new name (and then use either control-o or control-h
followed by a double click to select my file and then control-t
to make it editable).

> Next ...
>
> What should "next" be?

That depends on your areas of interest.

> An eventual topic would be a smooth way to transfer work, favorite programs,
> and favorite additions to PUBLIC_j_ from one version of J to the next.

I have rarely had problems with this.  (Other than that x. -> x transition.)

> I'm looking for a "table of contents" whose "page numbers" are pointers to
> the documentation, labs, and Wiki, but I'll take whatever you can
> contribute.

Personally, I use google searches -- often of the form
   site:jsoftware.com whatever

Also sometimes handy in those searches is inurl:dictionary

-- 
Raul
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