λ displays ok if I do the labelling as suggested and then pd 'show'
But if I write to a pdf file it comes out with two teeny arrows. Thanks for your help. On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 11:22 AM, bill lam <[email protected]> wrote: > You meant it cannot display in J session or (pdf,isi,jqt,...) plot > output? > > Вт, 05 ноя 2013, Piet de Jong писал(а): > > I must be doing something wrong. > > > > On my Mac Air I get funny little arrows rather than λ. > > This happens with u: or typing the character in directly into the J verb > > Any suggestions? > > > > > > On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 4:29 AM, bill lam <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > ": 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? > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > For information about J forums see > > > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > For information about J forums see > > > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > For information about J forums see > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > For information about J forums see > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > 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 > > > gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --armor --export 4434BAB3 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Piet de Jong > > -------------------------------------------------- > > View my current research at > > http://ssrn.com/author=619154 > > -------------------------------------------------- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --armor --export 4434BAB3 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Piet de Jong -------------------------------------------------- View my current research at http://ssrn.com/author=619154 -------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
