Devon, in your initial msg, you mentioned “Anyway, for really simple things I do in emacs, like recalling the previous command...”
You probably mean something else entirely, but just in case it helps, the hot key combination ctrl-shift-up arrow goes back up previous commands; ctrl-shift-down moves back to the present. Iirc, this feature was available in J from the very beginning, inherited from Sharp APL, or the like, I believe. Sorry if I’ve misunderstood the question! Mike Sent from my iPad > On 3 Nov 2021, at 12:02, joseph turco <[email protected]> wrote: > > I personally just use the console from terminal. The jQt is nice though. > >> On Mon, Nov 1, 2021, 10:35 AM Devon McCormick <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Thanks, Bill. It's >> wd 'set strength text ..' >> The ID has to come first but this solved almost all the problems I was >> having with this bit of code. >> I have something basically workable but with a number of flaws: >> https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/NYCJUG/2021-11-09#Show-and-tell . >> >>>> On Sun, Oct 31, 2021 at 9:11 PM 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 >> >> >> -- >> >> 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
