Thanks Ric (and Oleg). Word: scriptdoc was exactly what I was looking for. I appreciate a wiki page for locale z could never be guaranteed complete, or reliable.
Ian On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 1:49 AM, Sherlock, Ric <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
