> A smaller thing which I would like when recalling stuff is that the cursor position would be saved when using Enter on a previous line to pull it down. A lot of times I automatically click where I want to edit a line, after having it pulled down. This would save some mouse or cursor key work.
> Also, I like the smart home key behavior (first going to the first non-space character before skipping to the real home). Could it be extended to also work when selecting stuff with shift-home? Yes to both, thanks. I'll try to get them in the next release. On 26 January 2015 at 02:15, Jan-Pieter Jacobs <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree the current recall behavior is unintuitive, and often confusion, > especially when using the J session as a scratch pad. > When trying out different things, not paying too much attention to where > you do the edit, all edited commands and their outputs are inconsistent, > and thus useless. Of course, changing the default workflow will upset a lot > of people. > > A solution that eg. wxMaxima[1] has gone for is putting output belonging to > changed commands in grey, marking the output as not corresponding with the > command above. Executing the command in place replaces this output in the > history with an updated version. > This forced update could for instance be another shortcut (eg. ctrl-enter), > without interfering with the "standard" way J's session works. > > I can imagine there's a fair amount of code going into implementing this, > as it would mean keeping track of where which commands and their output are > put, but I think it would be a nice addition which defuses this recurrent > issue people seem to have with J. > > Either way, I'm open for brainstorming about this. > > A smaller thing which I would like when recalling stuff is that the cursor > position would be saved when using Enter on a previous line to pull it > down. A lot of times I automatically click where I want to edit a line, > after having it pulled down. This would save some mouse or cursor key work. > > Also, I like the smart home key behavior (first going to the first > non-space character before skipping to the real home). Could it be extended > to also work when selecting stuff with shift-home? > > Thanks, > > Jan-Pieter > > [1]: http://wxmaxima.sourceforge.net/ > > 2015-01-26 7:01 GMT+01:00 Skip Cave <[email protected]>: > > > In jqt on Win 8.1 I just go to the line in question and hit enter. That > > moves a copy of the line to the bottom of the session, but doesn't > execute > > it. Then I can edit it, and then execute it by hitting enter on that > line. > > > > Skip > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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
