Hi Devon, 'jig' that is in the debug category of J add-ons is written for the jQt IDE and so I have a fair amount of experience with it.
Most of what I was doing with it involved creating svg code to be displayed within a webview component of jQt. I preferred jQt to JHS for this because the interface only uses one browser engine. With purely web based interfaces you can get quite different appearances depending on the browser that is in use (especially when you are pushing the envelope with SVG). If you haven't already take a look at this resource: https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Guides/Window_Driver It explains the framework of the JQt interface pretty well. The Qt menu Help | Studio | Qt demos are also a good way to get up and running as examples of forms and such. Hope this helps. Let me know if you want to set up a zoom to chat. Cheers, bob > On Oct 31, 2021, at 12:06, Devon McCormick <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > Does anyone use the JQt environment for J much? I'm taking a stab at > updating and extending the code here: > https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/User:Andrew_Nikitin/Literate . > > I want to see how suitable I find J for developing a GUI app. Now that > I've started, I'm starting to wonder if I should have started with a > web-based front-end instead but I thought it might be easier to start from > something which presumably worked at some point. > > That aside, I'm finding it painful to use the JQt interface compared to my > normal custom of running J under emacs. I feel I have to use JQt because > of the GUI component. I think I once got some GUI-based code working under > emacs but that was years ago and would be too much of a distraction from my > immediate project. > > You can see what I've done so far here: > https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/NYCJUG/2021-11-09#What_I_Have_So_Far . > This just brings up the initial window; none of the buttons work except the > one to cancel the dialog. > > Anyway, for really simple things I do in emacs, like recalling the previous > command, it is not obvious how I would do this in JQt. At the moment, I'm > working mostly in emacs and loading my code into JQt, so this may have to > be how I deal with it but I'm interested in other people's experience > working with JQt. > > Thanks, > > Devon > > -- > > Devon McCormick, CFA > > Quantitative Consultant > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
