Henry's original Reference Card was a great help to me in my early years of learning J. I felt that a bit of extra formatting and colour would make it even more effective and so undertook to do that in the hope that others J learners would benefit. I did the work using Xara X (now Photo & Graphic Designer) which is a general purpose vector-based graphic design and illustration package. I've uploaded the Xara file to my JWiki page<http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/RicSherlock>in case others wish to develop derivative works.
For me the value of the reference card was that it didn't attempt to cover every single primitive/feature of J, but concentrated on the more commonly used ones. On the other hand, I can imagine that a second page that used the same approach to cover aspects of J not yet covered by the existing Reference Card could also be of use to the community. On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 1:39 AM, Henry Rich <[email protected]> wrote: > Ric Sherlock has the current source. Ric, would you mind uploading that > to the Wiki? > > Henry Rich > > > On 6/8/2013 12:45 AM, Y-01 wrote: > >> Does there is a source (maybe .tex file) of J Referance Card for easy >> modification & improving? >> >> >> On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 11:10 PM, Henry Rich <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> The multicolor page is the only version that we plan to produce. Since >>> the card can't possibly say everything, I am OK with its being >>> incomplete. >>> Your point about mentioning all primitives is reasonable. I wouldn't >>> want >>> to go to more than 2 pages though. >>> >>> I did the content and layout, and Ric did the formatting. Since the page >>> is on the Wiki, anyone with access to the formatting tool Ric used is >>> welcome to add to it. If monad /. were to be mentioned, it would be the >>> last line under Partitions, and would be >>> >>> +--+---+---+--+ >>> </. i. 2 3 MinorDiagonals |,0|1 3|2 4|,5| >>> +--+---+---+--+ >>> >>> Henry Rich >>> >>> >>> On 6/7/2013 1:25 PM, R.E. Boss wrote: >>> >>> Well, it's impressive what (and how) you got on those two pages. >>>> Perhaps it's worthwhile to extend http://www.jsoftware.com/** >>>> jwiki/Books#J_Reference_Card<h**ttp://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/** >>>> Books#J_Reference_Card<http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Books#J_Reference_Card>>with >>>> the J primitives missing. >>>> In the German translation, which covers 3 pages, it is mentioned, under >>>> diagonal. >>>> >>>> >>>> R.E. Boss >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- >>>> >>>>> Van: programming-bounces@forums.**j**software.com<http://jsoftware.com> >>>>> <programming-**[email protected]<[email protected]> >>>>> >[**mailto: >>>>> programming-bounces@**forums.**jsoftware.com<http://forums.jsoftware.com> >>>>> <programming-**[email protected]<[email protected]> >>>>> >] >>>>> Namens Henry Rich >>>>> Verzonden: vrijdag 7 juni 2013 16:29 >>>>> Aan: [email protected] >>>>> Onderwerp: Re: [Jprogramming] J reference card >>>>> >>>>> Yes. So are m~ .. .: dyad ;: ?. and maybe others >>>>> >>>>> Ric & I just ran out of space on the page. >>>>> >>>>> Henry Rich >>>>> >>>>> On 6/7/2013 10:13 AM, R.E. Boss wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Is oblique (/.) missing in the J-reference card? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> R.E. Boss >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ------------------------------****----------------------------**--** >>>>>> ---------- >>>>>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/** >>>>>> forums.htm >>>>>> <http://www.jsoftware.com/**forums.htm<http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm> >>>>>> > >>>>>> >>>>>> ------------------------------****----------------------------** >>>>>> --** >>>>>> >>>>> ---------- >>>>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/**** >>>>> forums.htm <http://www.jsoftware.com/**forums.htm><http://www.** >>>>> jsoftware.com/forums.htm <http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> ------------------------------****----------------------------**--** >>>> ---------- >>>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/**** >>>> forums.htm <http://www.jsoftware.com/**forums.htm><http://www.** >>>> jsoftware.com/forums.htm <http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------****----------------------------**--** >>>> >>> ---------- >>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/**** >>> forums.htm <http://www.jsoftware.com/**forums.htm><http://www.** >>> jsoftware.com/forums.htm <http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm>> >>> >>> ------------------------------**------------------------------** >> ---------- >> For information about J forums see >> http://www.jsoftware.com/**forums.htm<http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm> >> >> ------------------------------**------------------------------** > ---------- > For information about J forums see > http://www.jsoftware.com/**forums.htm<http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
