Other dynamic environments, like S+ and Matlab, have a separate window for data items. Perhaps something like this would be a better place to keep all noun-specific information rather than overloading the session manager.
On 10/6/08, Rob Hodgkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 'Mouse hover' over an item in the session could also display attributes. > > Dyalog APL does this for QuickView of APL objects (shows the actual data). > > This way it the user can 'quickly query/view' the attributes (not just the > last). > > Rob Hodgkinson > > On 07/10/2008, at 8:16 AM, Roger Hui wrote: > > Rather than tacking more stuff onto the session output >> window, perhaps there could be a "information on the >> last result" window. It would display things like: >> >> - noun/verb/adverb/conjunction >> - if noun, >> - the internal type >> - rank >> - shape >> - # elements (*/shape) >> - ": representation as well as linear, boxed, etc. >> - number of bytes >> etc. >> >> >> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Devon McCormick, CFA ^me^ at acm. org is my preferred e-mail ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
