Opps. property and widget should be swapped wd 'set strength text *entroy .....'
(untested) On Mon, Nov 1, 2021 at 9:11 AM bill lam <[email protected]> wrote: > The wiki page that you followed was written J602 wd commands. Jqt wd > commands adopted a similar but different syntax. J602 set command always > sets the 'text' property and is implied, but Jqt needs the explicit 'text' > because it can also set other properties, see wiki wd commands reference. > J602: > > wd 'set strength *entropy ',(":<.(".size)*2^.#alph),' bits' > > Jqt > wd 'set text strength *entropy ',(":<.(".size)*2^.#alph),' bits' > > (untested) > > > On Mon, Nov 1, 2021 at 3:06 AM 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
