This is the natural approach in Unix contexts. It's harder in windows, where the console is a kind of GUI, and I've not yet internalized mobile device concepts enough (technically they are Unix, windows or whatever, but without native development support, which complicates things).
Thanks, -- Raul On Jul 9, 2014 8:18 AM, "Jan-Pieter Jacobs" <[email protected]> wrote: > Well I think this is a broader problem ... jconsole is a sort of > second-rank citizen, while it comes in really handy when GUI's are > inaccessible or clumsy to tackle. Eg. I might be working in jconsole, but > do want plots to work as expected. > > Summarised: it would be great to have simple console access to J, without > having to use the IDE. Whether or not windows have to pop up could be > assessed looking at the $DISPLAY environment variable (or whatever is > equivalent in other OS's). > > Jan-Pieter > On 9 Jul 2014 12:43, "Dan Bron" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > If you're using emacs and not the Qt frontend, there's no (appreciable) > > difference between J8, J7, and J6. > > > > Though they have different version numbers, the only significant > > difference between them is the default development environment, which is > > irrelevant to you. > > > > In other words, keep using J7+Emacs; you're not missing out on anything > in > > J8. > > > > -Dan > > > > Please excuse typos; sent from a phone. > > > > > On Jul 9, 2014, at 6:33 AM, Devon McCormick <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > Is this something to do with the Qt implementation under Windows? > > > > > > It's very frustrating for me as it means I have to choose between J8 > and > > > emacs - and, for now, emacs wins. > > > > > > > > >> On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 6:20 AM, bill lam <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > >> I suspect this cannot be done. > > >>> On Jul 9, 2014 6:12 PM, "Devon McCormick" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > >>> > > >>> Is there any way to run Qt-related things under the jconsole? In > J7, I > > >>> could run gtk image fns from my jconsole but the Qt things I want to > > run > > >>> seem to blow up on the definition of "wd". > > >>> > > >>> I really just want a way to run a system timer in the background > from a > > >>> console session. > > >>> > > >>> Has anyone done anything like this in J8? > > >>> > > >>> Thanks, > > >>> > > >>> Devon > > >>> -- > > >>> Devon McCormick, CFA > > >>> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >>> For information about J forums see > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> For information about J forums see > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Devon McCormick, CFA > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > 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
