Done! It's now running in mSamsung A10 POS Android phone, an outstanding piece of work, thanks to who ever did that.
On Mon, 30 Nov 2020 at 10:04, Michael Dykman <[email protected]> wrote: > I had to poke around a little bit but I think the apk link on this page is > up to date even if the text is a little stale. > > You will likely have to go into your settings to allow external apps to be > installed but you can disable it again after you have it installed. > > My Samsung is running this: > > JVERSION > Engine: j901/j64/android > Release-f: commercial/2020-06-12T10:01:40 > Library: 9.01.24 > J Android: 1.4.09/10/29 > Platform: Android 64 (arm64-v8a) > Installer: unknown > InstallPath: /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.jsoftware.j.android/files > Contact: www.jsoftware.com > > https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Guides/JAndroid > > On Mon, Nov 30, 2020, 03:51 emacstheviking <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I want J on my Samsung? How do I do it. > > > > Yes, I too have had great support for even minor things from Bill Lam (I > > now know this to be an uppercase L Bill, at first I thought it was a pun > on > > will.i.am but not so!) and Chris Burke in getting a wiki account. > > > > I think that producing a web assembly version would be fun, in fact it > has > > already been done to a very great extent (previous email in the chain) > and > > I read and observed but it's been a while since I tangled with QA; that > > last time was when it first came out and I built it all on a linux > platform > > from source and it took hours and hours. > > > > So...one for somebody with more expertise but being able to use the > Canvas > > control... maybe subvert the window driver code at a low level so that it > > renders so a canvas instead of a surface, the glcr_xxx functions etc. But > > it would only be a few people that would even know what to do with it! It > > would a a buzz though! > > > > :) > > > > > > On Sun, 29 Nov 2020 at 20:17, Michael Dykman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I think your idea is an excellent one. > > > > > > I originally migrated J to the Android platform as a side project. It > > took > > > a little bit of source code tweaking to get everything compiled and > > linked > > > and I did have to make some tradeoffs in the implementation of some > > > foreigns. I was fortunate in that the J code base is already well > > > structured for cross platform development and I benefitted from > previous > > > work for the arm. Once the preponderance of unit tests succeeded, there > > > were some minor adjustments in a few of the libraries and the startup > > code > > > but I got an interactive console which could render pdfs from 'plot' > and > > > display them and a similar capability for bitmapped 'view'. > > > > > > Chris Burke and Bill Lam were extremely supportive, giving me repo > access > > > and providing arm-linux builds of the libraries for an environment that > > > only supported zips. > > > > > > I gave Eric an early demonstration in a downtown pub in Toronto using a > > > laptop emulator and ultimately jsoftware adopted the project. It was > not > > > long before Bill had fixed a dozen subtle mostly floating point bugs > but > > > the configurations seemed to require a more advanced setup than my own. > > > > > > I do a fair bit of J-ing on my phone and I can't tell you how > delighted I > > > am that I don't have to support it. > > > > > > Thanks guys! > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Nov 29, 2020, 14:47 emacstheviking <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Greg, > > > > the 'vision' would be to be able to not only create J code that runs > in > > > the > > > > browser, but one that has full DOM, Canvas, WebGL capability etc. For > > the > > > > web assembly version I don't think that the current set of "!" > features > > > > need all be present especially if the JS interface was fluid enough > and > > > > powerful enough. > > > > > > > > I am def. going to start looking into this as a retirement project. I > > > > should be so lucky... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, 29 Nov 2020 at 16:48, greg heil <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > >>no, favoring emacs over vi is the most insane thought > > > > > > > > > > >Now, now no editor wars on Jprograming. Personally i prefer QED > ... > > > but > > > > i > > > > > have not seen an implementation since QUED. Maybe Joey can update > > us... > > > > in > > > > > JCHAT! > > > > > > > > > > >As to a web assembly version... a great idea! Especially if one > can > > > > bring > > > > > the full capabilities of the native Javascript through. It should > be > > > > > maintained by > > > > > jsoftware.com alongside of their releases for the likes of > Android, > > Pi > > > > etc > > > > > > > > > > >Joe Bogner has a great sifting to Javascript with Emscriptem and > > said > > > he > > > > > was interested in a WA version. Hopefully he can chime in with > > updates. > > > > > > > > > > ~greg > > > > > https://picsrp.github.io > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > from: Hauke Rehr <[email protected]> > > > > > to: [email protected] > > > > > date: Nov 29, 2020, 5:16 AM > > > > > subject: Re: [Jprogramming] J and Web Assembly > > > > > > > > > > >no, favoring emacs over vi is the most insane thought > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > from: emacstheviking <[email protected]> > > > > > to: [email protected] > > > > > date: Nov 29, 2020, 3:56 AM > > > > > subject: [Jprogramming] J and Web Assembly > > > > > mailing list: Programming forum > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Anybody even tried this? > > > > > > > > > > >I have spent an hour reading the web assembly docs and I don't see > > why > > > > it > > > > > couldn't be done apart from the !: commands which could be > > problematic. > > > > > > > > > > >I'm seeing a 'core' of the J language that provides basic language > > > > > capability and then uses the WA interface to providea JS way to > call > > > > JInit > > > > > and JDo. > > > > > > > > > > >Mad idea? > > > > > > > > > > >I am def. going to investigate more over the coming weeks. I have > a > > > > > custom build of J on my iMac but I think it used gcc rather than > > clang > > > > > which is what's required by the LLVM translation process. > > > > > > > > > > >This could be my most insane thought this weekend.... > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > 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 > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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
