1: a 2: no opinion (the font was too small on my screen, so I resized it larger) 3: no opinion (for the same reason though it was easier to read by default)
4: I am not sure. I did not find mnemonic value in the colors -- I think I would have preferred colors where increasing valence corresponded to increasing color wavelength (N, V, A, C vs. perhaps Red Green Blue Purple). 5: I found some of the mnemonic names to be mildly useful (e.g. "key" was faster to locate visually than /.) But I do not have strong opinions here. 6: I don't really understand the question, but I think that the m!:n value is critical for !: documentation. 7: Since this is incomplete coverage, I would be tempted to either leave out extremely well understood operations (like x+y) or structure the page to take advantage of similarities (x+y in same row as +y for example). That said, it might be worth thinking about domain specific reference cards (for example a reference card focusing on logical operations, showing parallels between primitive boolean and bayesian dyads and b. operations, or a reference card focusing on complex arithmetic showing parallels between trig and exponentials, Maybe not right away (it would be worth spending some time thinking about useful approaches, but... that's where my thoughts went, looking at this.) Thanks, -- Raul On Thu, Aug 4, 2022 at 8:01 AM Henry Rich <henryhr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Viktor Grigorov has been busily reworking the old J6.02 reference card. > The goals of the project are > * show language changes since J6.02 > * convert to LaTeX > > With the information in LaTeX, it will be easy to change font sizes and > placement. The card can then accommodate new changes, and there can be > multiple versions: perhaps a Large Type version for us old folks. > > We need your help! There are some design questions that need answering > before Viktor proceeds. He has created 3 versions of a portion of the card: > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VwHRkL3I0R6UeqwRtntuMtgcevTk5fS5/view?usp=sharing > footnotes by paragraph > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JRuZDUU3Ij3Cq2AhvsckDu1eWdgb5SUC/view?usp=sharing > footnotes at bottom of page in 3 columns > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/10KaGw1Mudi3mm-cb5g7SI59RQ-WPvGcm/view?usp=sharing > footnotes at bottom of page in 1 column > > To take this survey, start by putting the 3 versions into whatever form > you would normally use them in: either in a window or printed on paper. > Then answer the questions. > > 1. In each document, look at a couple of tables with a footnote, and > refer to the footnotes. Which layout did you find easiest to use? > a. footnotes at bottom, 1 column > b. footnotes at bottom, 3 columns > c. footnotes below each table > > 2. What do you think of the size of the main text? > a. too small > b. about right > c. could be smaller > > 3. What do you think of the size of the footnote text? > a. too small > b. about right > c. could be smaller > > 4. What do you think of the coloration (indicating part of speech)? > a. don't like it > b. no opinion > c. like it > > 5. Consider the two tables 'Adverbs' and 'Conjunctions'. The adverb > table has a column of menmonic names, the conjunction table does not. > Are the names helpful? > a. no > b. no opinion > c. yes, for the adverbs > d. yes, and I would like to see names added for the conjunctions > e. yes, and I would like to see a mnemonic name for every primitive > > 6. In the Foreigns table, would you prefer to see the system-defined > name in addition to/instead of the m!:n value? > a. m!:n only > b. both > c. system name only > > 7. Do you have suggestions for formatting? Write them in. > > Please post responses to this Forum (or to me personally if you prefer). > > Henry Rich > > > > > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > https://www.avg.com > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
