Robert, > I believe that an object with a shape of 0 does present as a blank line. Indeed. I just found it unhelpful in the video to say that something with a shape of zero is a blank line. Perhaps a little picky. As you suggest, better to say “… presents as …”.
> For the background shapes, I chose to isolate the items since this is the > part of the argument that Tail is selecting. I used a light blue to allow > good contrast to the contents (integers) and to stand out from the black > background. For atoms I have used an outline ring as a way to show that the > shape is empty. For other items the shape of the blue background is the same > as the shape of the item. I am intrigued by the mention of other work that > you are doing that relates to this and I welcome anything that you have > learned that may help me with my approach. Getting the visuals to appear so > that they clarify the explanations has been a big challenge and I would be > less than honest if I told you that I have it all figured out. I am still > working on those representations. I’m most interested to continue this discussion but perhaps outside the group. My email is [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>. Send me an email and we can perhaps put our heads together. I don’t have it figured out either. Mike ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
