I think you are looking for
https://github.com/jsoftware/ide_qt/blob/master/qt.ijs#L225  for wd
getting the address. (And wd itself is defined a few lines above
there, on line 211.)

For jgl2, it would be here:

https://github.com/jsoftware/ide_qt/blob/master/gl2.ijs#L131

Note that you could also have approached this as a problem in
introspection -- pick a verb that you want the definition of (let's
say 'wd') and used
   (4!:3''){::~4!:4<'wd'

to find the file, then you could use
   open (4!:3''){::~4!:4<'wd'

to view it in the editor and used J's search to find the line where wd
is assigned.

(Or this whole process could be automated, but I think the c++
implementation would have to be modified to export a reference for the
code which does that search.)

I hope this helps,

--
Raul

On Mon, Apr 17, 2023 at 12:56 PM Michal Wallace

<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Thanks Bill.
>
> I have JWd working now, but I'm a little confused about what you're trying
> to tell me about jQT.
>
> You're saying that jqt can call j.dll directly, but what does that have to
> do
> with J calling functions defined in the frontend?
>
> How does jgl2 (for example) get the address of the corresponding c/c++
> function?
>
> I see wd/gl2class.h in the qtide repo, and I see glcmds inside it, and I
> see that gl2.h
> marks a bunch of functions as "DllExport" but I don't yet see any place
> where some
> J script puts all the pieces together and tells it to look in the jqt.dll
> to get the
> implementation of jgl... (assuming that's what happens)
>
> Where should I look?
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 15, 2023 at 7:40 PM bill lam <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Jqt doesn't use 11!:x because it can call j.dll (libj.so) directly. Each
> > value of x in 11!:x is exposed as a c function in the frontend. If your
> > frontend is implemented in c/c++, then you can do the same without using
> > 11!:x.
> >
> > However jandroid uses 11!:x interface because libj is C while jandroid is
> > written in java. The interface between java and C needs a jni wrapper,
> > therefore it is more convenient to reduce the number of interface calls by
> > using 11!:x callback.
> >
> > In the prototype of Jwd, the pres the pointer of of result A (pointer to an
> > AD structure), typically the AD structure is allocated by the frontend
> > using Jga api (see jlib.h).
> >
> > You need not bother with the AC field.
> > The AR (rank) contains other information in its high bits so that you must
> > mask it to the lowest 7 bits only (though it seems safe enough to mask the
> > lowest 8 bits, Henry should know better here).
> >
> > You can browse the jandroid repository and also the io.c and andjnative.c
> > in jsource repository.
> >
> > On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 at 6:36 AM Michal Wallace <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hrm. That does help a little bit. There's definitely still something
> > called
> > > JWd defined in JLib.
> > >
> > > Here is what I know so far:
> > > (actually more than when I started typing this, so... I'll probably move
> > > this to the wiki at some point.)
> > >
> > > When you write a J frontend, you have to call a function called JSM
> > > (session manager)
> > > and you pass in the addresses of four callback functions that your
> > frontend
> > > implements:
> > >
> > >    JWr -> session calls this to output to whatever "terminal" you set up
> > >    JWd -> this window driver thing.
> > >    JRd -> session calls this when it needs to read a line of input
> > >    ???  -> something reserved for future use?
> > >
> > > JWd does still seem to be hooked up to 11!:x  (weird to see that called x
> > > instead of n!)
> > >
> > > The signature looks like this:
> > >
> > > int _stdcall Jwd(JS jt, int x, A parg, A* pres, C* loc);
> > >   -- https://github.com/jsoftware/jsource/blob/master/jsrc/jlib.h#L111
> > >
> > > The arguments seem to be:
> > >
> > >   jt -> address of j session object
> > >   x -> the 'n' in 11!:n
> > >   parg -> the y argument to (11!n) (a pointer to a J array)
> > >   pres -> the result array (you modify this to put your return value
> > here)
> > >   loc -> a locale name (?)
> > >
> > > There is an example J frontend here:
> > >
> > >     https://github.com/jsoftware/jsource/blob/master/jsrc/jfex.c
> > >
> > > It has this comment for its implementation of Jwd (which is missing the
> > loc
> > > parameter):
> > >
> > > // J calls for 11!:x y - demonstrates all features of jwdw and jwdp
> > > // pa is y and result array (if any) is returned in pz
> > > // return  pz
> > > //  0           - MTM i.0 0
> > > // -1      A    - A result
> > > // -2      A    - A is pairs of null terminated strings for event table
> > > //  n           - EVDOMAIN etc
> > >
> > >
> > > The 'parg' argument has the following fields, which I am expecting to
> > match
> > > the structure defined here:
> > >
> > >    https://www.jsoftware.com/ioj/iojNoun.htm
> > >
> > > k  -> "offset of ravel with respect to byte 0 of the array"
> > > f -> a flag of some sort
> > > m -> "maximum number of bytes in ravel"
> > > t -> the type
> > > c -> reference count
> > > n -> the length of the data
> > > r -> rank
> > > s -> pointers to shape and value
> > >
> > > My implementation of Jwd just prints out the arguments...
> > >
> > >    JWd(x:2000, a:[k: 64 f: 0 m: 117321808 t: 2 c: $8000000000000001 n: 5
> > r:
> > > $BAADF00D062E0001])
> > >
> > > I guess really my main problem is I don't understand how to interpret the
> > > "rank" and "reference count" fields.
> > > I'd expect both of these to be small positive integers, like what I see
> > in
> > > the ioj.
> > >
> > > Without the rank, I don't know how to parse the shape and value.
> > >
> > > Hrm. I guess technically I know from the docs that all (11!:n) are rank
> > 1,
> > > so maybe I can just ignore that field?
> > >
> > > I will investigate further.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sat, Apr 15, 2023 at 5:01 PM Raul Miller <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Jwd sounds like version 6 of J. This predates Jqt.
> > > >
> > > > There's some docs at
> > > >
> > >
> > https://www.jsoftware.com/docs/help602/user/win_driver_cmd_ref_overview.htm
> > > >
> > > > I hope this helps,
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Raul
> > > >
> > > > On Sat, Apr 15, 2023 at 4:57 PM Michal Wallace <
> > [email protected]
> > > >
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hey all,
> > > > >
> > > > > I've been working on JPrez again -- a console-based presentation tool
> > > > > that can record and play back interactions with a J REPL.
> > > > >
> > > > > It also lets you specify text to be recorded for voice overs to
> > narrate
> > > > the
> > > > > interaction (for making videos), and over the past week I've embedded
> > > > > JPrez inside a windows binary that looks like a normal text console
> > but
> > > > > can peek inside JPrez and actually let me record and play audio for
> > > > > the individual voice over lines.
> > > > >
> > > > > However, right now I'm doing everything from the host application. It
> > > > polls
> > > > > Jprez to see what's on the screen and what the current line of text
> > is
> > > > > (jprez suggests a filename for a corresponding wav file).
> > > > >
> > > > > That all works fine for recording one line at a time, but if I want
> > to
> > > > > actually
> > > > > play the presentation, I'd much rather have J drive the interaction.
> > > > >
> > > > > I basically already have a J front end, but I don't know what to do
> > > with
> > > > > Jwd,
> > > > > or how to use it from the J side. I've picked up that it's using
> > 11!:n
> > > > > under the
> > > > > hood, but I haven't found much information about how it's meant to be
> > > > used.
> > > > >
> > > > > Do any docs exist?
> > > > >
> > > > > Where should I look in the jsource and jQt code bases to find
> > examples?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks!
> > > > >
> > > > > -Michal
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