The gain would be that there are some sequences that are suitable for
execution, while others are merely used in passing. If you parenthesize
all J, it might be wise to distinguish the two.
Or, you could parenthesize only the executable sequences.
Henry Rich
On 3/10/2015 7:54 PM, Ian Clark wrote:
I was thinking merely of `(…)`
Nothing to be gained from making it over-complicated (…to update
existing entries).
On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 7:11 PM, Henry Rich <[email protected]> wrote:
So you might use a tag like
```(```...```)```
? That would be good. We should settle on a convention for flagging
executable bits.
Henry Rich
On 3/10/2015 1:17 PM, Ian Clark wrote:
Yes I used parens a lot more than you did. But not for the right
reason – as I see it now.
Back then, I used (redundant) parens to draw the eye to sub-phrase
structure I wanted to emphasize.
The right reason:
If inline J code were consistently surrounded by (…) it would assist
machine-identification of code samples for re-execute or dissect.
(Plus of course drawing the eye to where it starts and ends.)
Short of writing my own NuVoc browser in J, that's not a thing I know
how to code yet … at least, not platform-independently. But someone
will find a way.
On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 3:57 AM, Henry Rich <[email protected]> wrote:
Yes, you put () in a lot of places in NuVoc, and I didn't. You were
right.
Henry Rich
On 3/8/2015 9:48 PM, Ian Clark wrote:
I like the () convention for in-line J code. It has potentially huge
advantages for avoiding ambiguities, especially with trailing
punctuation.
When I get time (when…!) I'll retrofit it to the whole of NuVoc. If
the J community's code vigilantes don't get there ahead of me :-)
On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 12:48 AM, Henry Rich <[email protected]>
wrote:
Dissect 3.7.4 released, and Labs at 1.0.90.
Dissect labs now use the () convention for J code.
Display of fill was seriously broken. If you have gone through the
Labs
already you might want to look at the fill section of Dissect I again.
It
has changed.
There is now a config file; you can save the current settings or revert
to
the saved settings.
On J8 only, there is a Help to take you to the Wiki page or to NuVoc.
Also,
F1 takes you to the Wiki page, and Shift+F1 takes you to NuVoc.
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