[Jprogramming] Help with 9!:6 and 9!:7

[Joey K Tuttle]

In JD it is said, "

9!:6 y   Box-Drawing Characters. The eleven characters used to draw 
boxes (initially +++++++++|-).
9!:7 y
and this would seem to be true since in release for -

 J 4.06   2001-05-09

it was said, "

9!:6 query the box drawing characters, and 9!:7 sets them. The box 
drawing characters are now an 11-element list. (Previously, they are 
specified as an 11-column matrix.)

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However, now that I finally have j601 running in Linux, I find
that the above statements are untrue (in Linux using/running
jconsole).

That is, in a default installation of j601 in Linux -

   9!:6''
%%,%%%<%$%%4%%%
   a. i. 9!:6''
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

while in Darwin on my Mac -

   9!:6 ''
+++++++++|-
   a. i. 9!:6 ''
43 43 43 43 43 43 43 43 43 124 45

Which is as the dictionary describes (and also my preference)

The really frustrating thing is that even if, in my profile,
I include -

  9!:7 '+++++++++|-'

it is ignored in my Linux jconsole. I have to make the change
in the session (or a loaded script). I can't find anyplace in
scripts that look like the change is being made, so I assume
it may be in jconsole or some such place that the default is
not followed.

Any suggestions on how to get the default behavior are solicited.

- joey
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