Question on a stylistic issue: I'm editing chapter 33 ("Perming and
Combing") where "ptof" is used without first being defined. I can find its
definition in the "code" section so it's not too much of a problem but it
does mean that my initial copy and paste into a J session got a value error.
Should we insist on defining things in the examples before we use them?
On Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 4:32 PM Devon McCormick <[email protected]> wrote:
> Stile "|" is a special character so it has to be specified by number, i.e.
> a. i. '|'
> 124
>
> So,
>
> {| class="wikitable"
> |-
> | n&|. and _n&|.
> | (shift n left/ shift n right)
> |}
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 2:56 PM Brian Schott <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> I'm having trouble with editing a "wikitable" because certain characters
>> do
>> not appear.
>> Is there a reference for editing, especially the "wikitable"?
>>
>> In the first example the characters `n&|` do not appear even the
>> characters
>> `_n&|` DO.
>>
>>
>> {| class="wikitable"
>> |-
>> | n&|. and _n&|.
>> | (shift n left/ shift n right)
>> |}
>>
>>
>> In the second example the ONLY character that appears in the left box is
>> the final `.`. This example is more complex because it contains <tt> and
>> </tt> pairs. I tried the second example OUTSIDE a "wikitable" and all
>> characters appear.
>>
>> {| class="wikitable"
>> |-
>> | <tt>\:</tt> and <tt>/:@|.</tt>
>> | (grade down and grade up following reverse)
>> |}
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 1:28 PM, chris burke <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > So far we have 16 completed chapters and 7 in progress, out of 50
>> > altogether, so we are not quite half way there.
>> >
>> > There are several active forum members who have yet to sign up. All you
>> > need is a couple of hours per essay.
>> >
>> > Please see the starting page at
>> > https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Fifty_Shades_of_J .
>> >
>> > Everyone can help out, whether novice or expert! Thanks.
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