Oh wow. ctrl+shift arrow in jqt!! I had no idea. All this time I've just been hitting ctrl-d to get the history. Thanks for the tip! :)
On Wed, Nov 3, 2021 at 10:51 AM 'Mike Day' via Programming < [email protected]> wrote: > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
