": is harder to read. utf8 (8&u:) is more readable.

Пн, 04 ноя 2013, Christoph von Basum писал(а):
> ": converts unicode into character. Otherwise you get an "error in graph
> definition"
> One can actually even copy the characters into a string:
> pd 'ycaption λΛ'
> 
> 
> On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 3:19 PM, Dan Bron <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > Christoph von Basum wrote:
> > >  pd 'ycaption ',":u:955 923
> >
> > You don't need the ": here, u: already produces characters.
> >
> > Also, my preference is for using hex notation to specify unicode code
> > points, because that's how they're generally documented and referenced
> > (and it makes it easier to google).
> >
> > So, instead of 955 923, I would say 16b3bb 16b39b .  If you know the
> > decimal code points but not the hex (or vice versa), you can use the
> > utilities in the 'convert' script to switch between bases.  For example:
> >
> >    load'convert'
> >
> >    hfd 955 923  NB.  hfd=Hex From Decimal
> > 3BB
> > 39B
> >
> >    '16b',"1 tolower hfd 955 923  NB. J requires lowercase alphanum
> > 16b3bb
> > 16b39b
> >
> >    }. ,' 16b',"1 tolower hfd 955 923  NB. Make vector
> > 16b3bb 16b39b
> >
> >    u: 16b3bb 16b39b
> > ??
> >
> > -Dan
> >
> > ----- Original Message ---------------
> >
> > Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Greek characters on plots
> >    From: Christoph von Basum <[email protected]>
> >    Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2013 14:40:36 +0100
> >      To: Programming forum <[email protected]>
> >
> > pd 'ycaption ',":u:955 923
> >
> > 955 is small, 923 capital lambda.
> >
> > Cheers---Christoph
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 1:42 PM, Dan Bron <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > I'm not in front of an interpreter now, so I can't test, by have you
> > tried
> > > using u: (Unicode)? As in
> > >
> > > pd 'ycaption ', u:16b03bb
> > >
> > > -Dan
> > >
> > > Please,  excuse typos; composed on a handheld device.
> > >
> > > > On Nov 4, 2013, at 6:43 AM, Piet de Jong <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Is there a way to label axes with  "Greek" (or non ascii) characters ?
> > > >
> > > >   pd 'ycaption lambda'    NB. an example
> > > >
> > > > I want "lambda" to be an actual Greek lambda.   How to achieve this?
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