Many(/most) of the words that are defined in the z locale in a freshly-started J session are defined in the stdlib.ijs script and most of them are described there. Of course once you start loading scripts, then all sorts of words may end up in the z locale.
If you are using the IDE (rather than jconsole) then you could use one of the following methods to get information on a script/word of interest. A) Type: scriptdoc 'stdlib' NB. opens a scriptdoc window which summarizes the comments in a script. B) Use: names_z_'' to list all the names defined in z. Place the cursor "in" the word of interest and press Ctrl+F1. NB. Same result as A, but you don't need to know the name of the script that the word comes from. C) Type: edit 'assert' NB. opens the script where assert is defined at the start of the definition. You may need to scroll back a few lines to get the descriptive information. D) The namedoc utility "http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/OlegKobchenko/Namedoc"; from will display the comments for a word in the session. (Works with jconsole too). > From: Ian Clark > Right... I could do the "names" bit. I just want to direct readers to > elementary documentation on each word. > Most of them lack an explanatory NB. --the counterpart of the standard > APL line [1] comment. > > I once saw a wiki page listing the contents of z (with 1-line > explanations) but it wasn't up-to-date. And anyway I can't find it > again. > > (And of course there's a similar question in my mind regarding the > Library scripts.) > > Ian > > > On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 12:50 AM, Raul Miller <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 7:46 PM, Ian Clark > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Where am I supposed to find an up-to-date table of z locale contents > > > > names_z_'' > > > >> with a single line statement of what each word does? > > > > Am not sure about this part > > > > -- > > Raul > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > > 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
