Sbox works fine for me
On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 11:49 AM, Alex Giannakopoulos < [email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Ian, interesting thread. > Danylo, sbox _sort of_ works, if I insert a space between each character. > Messes up if there ARE spaces to display, though. > Still, that sets me on the right track, I'm sure I can figure a > workaround... > > sbox cutopen 'κ υ ά μ ω ν α π έ χ ε σ θ α ι' > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > > |κ|υ|ά|μ|ω|ν|α|π|έ|χ|ε|σ|θ|α|ι| > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > > > Yay > > > > On 9 May 2014 07:18, Danylo Lizanets <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Use format/sbox from standard addons for correct Unicode box display. > > > > > > On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 4:21 AM, alexgian <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > I imagine this has been discussed before, if so please feel free to > point > > > me to relevant link. > > > > > > Suppose I have a unicode string - I can enter it directly at the > > terminal - > > > and I want to box it. E.g. > > > > > > > > > ;/ 7&u: 'κυάμων-απέχεσθαι' > > > > > > +--+--+--+--+--+--+-+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+ > > > > > > |κ|υ|ά|μ|ω|ν|-|α|π|έ|χ|ε|σ|θ|α|ι| > > > > > > +--+--+--+--+--+--+-+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+ > > > > > > > > > The J system recognizes the UTF coding, so the relevant space is is > > > reserved for each character - for instance you can see that the dash > > takes > > > only one space, whereas the Greek characters take two. However, the > > > display is clever enough to render the characters correctly, resulting > in > > > the mismatch of the box offsets. > > > > > > > > > Is there a way around this? No huge deal if there isn't. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > 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 >
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