that jinput is a copy of what is there in j602. The correct way of using it as demonstrated in intest.ijs and it should be the same as that appeared inside Ric's webpage.
However I have never used jinput myself. require 'jinput' ABC=: 0 : 0 pc abc; xywh 136 8 34 12;cc ok button;cn "OK"; xywh 136 23 34 12;cc cancel button;cn "Cancel"; xywh 21 16 97 11;cc edit edit ws_border es_autohscroll; xywh 51 32 34 12;cc input button; pas 6 6;pcenter; rem form end; ) abc_run=: 3 : 0 wd ABC NB. initialize form here wd 'pshow;' ) abc_close=: 3 : 0 wd'pclose' ) abc_cancel_button=: 3 : 0 abc_close'' ) abc_input_button=: 3 : 0 input=. conew 'jinput' create__input 'Give me some data' ) NB. jinput callback input_result=:3 : 0 wd'set edit *',y ) wd :: ] 'psel abc;pclose' abc_run'' Пнд, 07 Май 2012, Devon McCormick писал(а): > Hi - > > this is a recurring question but the answer keeps changing as Raul > indicated. The extensive answer here - > http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/RicSherlock/Temp/InteractivePrompt - is > out of date with J7, so I attempted to figure out how to update it. > > It looks like you can do this from the J7 GTK interface: > load '~addons/gui/gtkwd/jinput.ijs' > input_result=: 3 : 'RESPONSE=: y' > create_jinput_ 'Hi" > > to create a window with the prompt "Hi" and return the result in the > global "RESPONSE". Unfortunately, this breaks silently on the "try." > line in "a_ok_button_jinput_" because "COCREATOR" is not defined; this > is supposed to be a callback to the user-defined "input_result" verb > (as in the example shown above) in the namespace that created the > prompt. > > My klugy fix for it is to re-define "a_ok_button_jinput_" as follows - > by hard-coding the "base" namespace - then ensuring that you run from > this (which is the default) namespace: > > a_ok_button_jinput_=: 3 : 0 > wd 'pclose' > try. input_result_base_ edit catch. end. > destroy'' > ) > > So, after loading "jinput.ijs", re-defining as shown and creating > "input_result" as shown, when you run > create_jinput_ 'Hi' > you'll get a (character vector) variable "RESPONSE" with the user's input. > > On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 10:58 AM, Raul Miller <rauldmil...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 10:20 AM, James Bragg <jsbr...@att.net> wrote: > >> First, I'm really enjoying learning J. > > > > That is good to hear. > > > >> Is there a prompt verb? Would "get input" be a prompt verb? Is it possible > >> to get input from a user in the J Term gtk window or J console and assign > >> it > >> to a variable? > > > > There is, but it's ... it's not exactly deprecated, but "neglected" > > might be accurate. > > > > For most purposes, the J command line is the best "prompt verb". > > > > For many other purposes, you should be building a "UI" rather than a > > command line interface. If you are going to stick to a command line > > interface, the J command line is usually the best tool for the job. > > > > This leaves a neglected niche for the spurious cases where you want a > > prompt. > > > > In j6.02, this worked in the GUI and I think worked in jconsole on > > linux/mac (but not in jconsole on windows): > > > > require'misc' > > prompt '$ ' > > $ 1 2 3 > > 1 2 3 > > > > In J7.01, with its various front ends for jconsole (including the > > browser, via jhs) I do not think that this mechanism is supported > > robustly. (But I have not kept up to date on everything that's going > > on in J7.01 so maybe that aspect has been built out.) > > > > FYI, > > > > -- > > Raul > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > -- > Devon McCormick, CFA > ^me^ at acm. > org is my > preferred e-mail > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm -- regards, ==================================================== GPG key 1024D/4434BAB3 2008-08-24 gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 4434BAB3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
