For now I've changed the text on the wiki page to clarify that `open` only applies to JQt. I've also added a link to the page of the User manual that describes the Standard Library in more detail.
On Fri, Oct 26, 2018 at 12:13 PM 'Mike Day' via Programming < programm...@jsoftware.com> wrote: > I'd forgotten about that script, stdlib.ijs . > > The verb "open" refers to a list, Public_j_ , of shortcuts for various > scripts such as plot, viewmat, and so on. For some reason, "stdlib" isn't > included. But it's still there, both in J807 and in J701 for iPad. So, for > the latter, (sorry, boxing is poor from this ipad): > > fdir'/j/system/main/*' > +----------+----------------+-----+---+------+----------+ > |socket.ijs|2017 8 8 15 0 45|8962 |rw-|------|-rw-r--r--| > +----------+----------------+-----+---+------+----------+ > |stdlib.ijs|2017 8 8 15 0 45|44089|rw-|------|-rw-r--r--| > +----------+----------------+-----+---+------+----------+ > > and the following rather long expression opens stdlib in the edit session > on the ipad: > > je '/j/system/main/stdlib.ijs' > > Perhaps that remark on the J wiki about opening stdlib could use a warning > or stdlib added to Public_j_ > > Cheers, > > Mike > > Please reply to mike_liz....@tiscali.co.uk. > Sent from my iPad > > > On 25 Oct 2018, at 22:55, 'Jim Russell' via Programming < > programm...@jsoftware.com> wrote: > > > > Since you asked, Mike, I was following the instructions at: > > https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Vocabulary/slashco , which said: > > View definition(s) by entering in the J session: open'stdlib' > > I finally decided that sort_z_ would been he easier approach. But I > still don’t know why /: isn’t giving me what I want. > >> On Oct 25, 2018, at 2:17 PM, 'Mike Day' via Programming < > programm...@jsoftware.com> wrote: > >> > >> iPod? > >> > >> Yes, that's also happened for me very occasionally - in J701 on the > iPad. > >> > >> Not under iOS12, as far as I recall, but that's probably not relevant. > >> > >> So what does "open 'stdlib' " do on your iPad? I don't recognise it > >> > >> as a J action... Or did you type something quite different? > >> > >> Mike > >> > >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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
