Thanks, that's what I was missing.
Tom
On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 1:18 PM, Devon McCormick <devon...@gmail.com> wrote:
> You need to separate the number in the foreign conjunction from its
> argument, otherwise J interprets " 2!:55 0" as "2!:(55 0)", e.g.
> 2!:55 ] 0
> 2!:55 (0)
>
> On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 11:29 AM, Tom Szczesny <tav...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi -
> >
> > exit 0 works
> > ctrl+c does not work
> > ctrl+d works
> > ctrl+z exits, but with a message
> > [1]+ Stopped
> > bin/jconsole (the first time you end a session)
> > [2]+ Stopped
> > bin/jconsole (the second time you end a session)
> > ctrl+q does not work
> >
> > 2!:55 '' works (when I add the the 2 single quotes at the
> > end)
> > 2!:55 0 does not work
> > 2!:55 does not work (with no pair of single quotes)
> >
> > Thanks again,
> > Tom
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Devon McCormick <devon...@gmail.com
> > >wrote:
> >
> > > Tom -
> > >
> > > This really ought to work, even under Linux:
> > > 2!:55 ''
> > > where the argument to "2!:55" is an empty vector (two single-quotes).
> > >
> >
> >
> > > Since I define "q" for myself, (i.e. it's not a standard verb) I'm not
> > > surprised that that didn't work.
> > >
> > > Since I usually use "2!:55" with an empty vector argument (''), does
> that
> > > mean I'm not giving a return code? Would that be like a "void" or
> "void
> > *"
> > > return in C?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Devon
> > >
> > > On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 10:54 AM, Jeff Zellner <jeff.zell...@gmail.com
> > > >wrote:
> > >
> > > > the verb exit (2!:55) takes an argument (return code)
> > > >
> > > > [jz@blitz 11:05:54 ~]$ ./j701/bin/jconsole
> > > > exit
> > > > 2!:55
> > > > 2!:55
> > > > 2!:55
> > > > exit 0
> > > > [jz@blitz 11:06:16 ~]$
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 2011/12/12 Björn Helgason <gos...@gmail.com>:
> > > > > Common ctrl combinations to end something
> > > > > ctrl + c
> > > > > ctrl + d
> > > > > ctrl + z
> > > > > ctrl + q
> > > > >
> > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_key
> > > > >
> > > > > also esc
> > > > >
> > > > > 2011/12/12 Devon McCormick <devon...@gmail.com>
> > > > >
> > > > >> I usually use " q'' " where "q" is a cover for " 2!:55 ". Ctrl-D
> > > does
> > > > >> something else under Windows - it doesn't seem to end a session.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 10:18 PM, Tom Szczesny <tav...@gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >>
> > > > >> > Found it --
> > > > >> > Ctrl+d
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> > On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 10:06 PM, Tom Szczesny <
> tav...@gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> > > Hi -
> > > > >> > >
> > > > >> > > Earlier today I downloaded the J source and followed the build
> > > > >> > > instructions on an i686 using Gentoo Linux.
> > > > >> > > The J console fired right up and I was able to perform a few
> > test
> > > > >> > > calculations.
> > > > >> > >
> > > > >> > > I then checked through the J documentation for the command to
> > end
> > > > the
> > > > >> > > console session in order to continue with the
> bin/build_defs.
> > > > >> > > I can't seem to find any documentation on how to exit from a
> > > > J-console
> > > > >> > > session.
> > > > >> > >
> > > > >> > > I tried
> > > > >> > > ctl-C
> > > > >> > > quit
> > > > >> > > exit
> > > > >> > > )off
> > > > >> > > $off
> > > > >> > > )logoff
> > > > >> > > end
> > > > >> > > )end
> > > > >> > > as well as many others.
> > > > >> > >
> > > > >> > > What is the correct command to end a J-consile session?
> > > > >> > >
> > > > >> > > Tom
> > > > >> > >
> > > > >> >
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