Hi - I looked into (what I think is) this problem several years ago. Eventually I concluded it was impossible because of the way the J session manager adds lines to the end of the session but I do not recall the details.
You may be better off using GUI windows to handle this. On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 12:47 PM, Nick S <[email protected]> wrote: > With jqt, I might try to dissect the prompt program to see exactly what it > is doing and if it is applicable. With emacs, well, the code for the mode > is probably written in lisp, so you can hack on that just like anything > else to get it to do what you want. If not, there is source somewhere. > > On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 5:02 PM, Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Why do you say that you aren't using stdout? > > > > What happens when you use 1!:2&4? > > > > Thanks, > > > > -- > > Raul > > > > On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 4:05 PM, Dabrowski, Andrew John > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 01/02/2018 03:52 PM, Raul Miller wrote: > > > > > > (Won't backspace bring you back to previous lines?) > > > > > > Exasperatingly, no. Although normally I can backspace my way all over > a > > comint buffer, with (1!:3)&2 that doesn't work > > > > > > > > > > > > Anyways, 1!:2&4 should give you the incomplete lines you are looking > > > for in jconsole. But note that they have different behavior in jqt > > > (you won't be seeing them if you don't make special arrangements). > > > > > > Right, but I'm not using stout. Is this the intended behavior of > > (1!:3)&2 or do you think it might be a bug? > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > > -- > Of course I can ride in the carpool lane, officer. Jesus is my constant > companion. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Devon McCormick, CFA Quantitative Consultant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
