> ...and I might get round to writing a little APL palette / keyboard for j602.
See a first go at the problem at the bottom of my homepage: http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/IanClark There's a script there to download: apal.ijs. Haven't tried it under Windows (only Mac). Ian On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 12:06 AM, Ian Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, J602 is unicode-compliant. This allows it to handle APL chars in > the J session, and as data. > > And other fancy chars too... > > You might be interested in: > http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/UnicodeGettingStarted > > Alternatively search the wiki (top-right corner) on "unicode" and > you'll find several pages relating to unicode use. And there's always > the u: section in J Help. However it all takes a while to absorb and > fully understand, for countless silly little reasons, which is why I > wrote the above. > > You can find APL chars to copy/paste into the J session or an IJS > window at the bottom of page: > http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/APL2JPhraseBook > ...and I might get round to writing a little APL palette / keyboard for j602. > > The J wiki is actually configured in its css files to expect you to > have APL385 Unicode installed. It uses it to display J code too, like > when you type: `myname` or {{{...}}}. I don't use it for my J session: > I use Courier New instead. It has all the APL chars. They're not > pretty, but they're there. (On Apple's version of the font, that is.) > > Ian Clark > > > On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 6:45 PM, John Baker <[email protected]> wrote: >> Greetings All, >> >> I have found a very handy J editor trick for the 602 version of j.exe. >> >> Go to the Vector web site and download the APL385 Unicode font. The url >> follows: >> >> http://www.vector.org.uk/?area=fonts >> >> <http://www.vector.org.uk/?area=fonts>Install the font and then select it as >> the main font in the J configuration tool. J'ugglers will not see any >> difference. J looks pretty much like it always does even boxes line up >> properly if you have selected the linedraw option. >> >> Now for all you APL'ers out there. If your APL can place unicode >> representations of APL code on the clipboard go ahead and generate some. >> Dyalog does this automatically other dialects will need some character >> remapping. >> Now open a new IJS window in J and paste in your APL code. Voila - the APL >> characters are preserved and all is good and well with the world. >> >> Next up - the federal budget. >> >> Cheers >> John D. Baker >> [email protected] >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
