Weird... I thought it was common knowledge! M Sent from my iPad
> On 3 Nov 2021, at 15:36, Michal Wallace <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
