Correct alignment of display of boxed symbol is rather troublesome and need some kludges, I suspect it may never get done since it does not worth the trouble.
symbol, like box, acts as a container which can confuse new users. It is ok to leave it alone. Чт, 06 окт 2016, robert therriault написал(а): > Hi Bill and thanks for the feedback, > > I boxed the array of symbols more as a test that the box would be drawn in > the proper place. Getting the boxes into the right position when unicode and > unicode4 characters occur has been one of the ongoing challenges to this > process. If the array of symbols was unboxed then the result would look very > similar to the display of i. 4 3 right at the beginning, except of course the > entries would be symbols instead of integers. > > Your suggestion of identifying the string type is an interesting one. Is that > something that would be of use when using symbols? I think that it could be > done by using 5 s: <'identifier' as follows then packaging the info into the > tooltips. > > 3!:0 each 5 s: s:< 9 u: 'a' > ┌─┐ > │2│ > └─┘ > 3!:0 each 5 s: s:< 9 u: 'ఠ' > ┌──────┐ > │131072│ > └──────┘ > 3!:0 each 5 s: s:< 9 u: '😀' > ┌──────┐ > │262144│ > └──────┘ > > I wonder if there may be confusion over the type of the entry, which is > symbol, and the type of the label which could be literal, unicode or > unicode4. Do you have any thoughts on the usefulness of this information > versus the confusion of having more than one type associated with a given > entry? > > Cheers, bob > > > On Oct 6, 2016, at 8:03 PM, bill lam <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi Bob, > > > > I noticed you used boxed symbol as an example, why unboxed > > symbol was not being used? > > > > Each element of a symbol array can be literal or unicode string, > > you may also show the type of its element. > > > > Чт, 06 окт 2016, robert therriault написал(а): > >> Hi everyone, > >> > >> I have released a video that updates the Enhanced View and particularly to > >> get input on the type of information that should be supplied for symbol > >> and sparse array types. I have made some preliminary choices, but since I > >> do not commonly use these types, it would be great to get feedback from > >> those who are more familiar with these types. > >> > >> Enhanced Update video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6PTHmwgCLA > >> > >> Cheers, bob > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
