Is there a J mode for emacs?  Typically emacs modes can do the same sorts
of things that the J editor can in terms of recognizing language elements
and syntactical units - quoted strings, if. matching brackets (although
only parens need to be matched in J, I guess.

That would allow for a more general editing experience, line wrapping if
you want it and you could run a console J in the shell window, maybe.

Also, has anyone ported J to run under cygwin (as opposed to directly under
windows?

2011/11/20 Fraser Jackson <[email protected]>

> I would like to be able to wrap lines in the J script editor.
>
> While that may lead to some possible confusiton as the line is the basic
> element in a J script the line is also a basic unit in many other contexts.
> The ability to display longer lines easily using wthe line wrap mechanism
> would be very useful.  In particular I could use it to edit Tex files, and
> to generate text which transfers much more felicitously to a mailer.
>
> To avoid confusion wrapped segments of  lines might be displayed in a
> different colour, but I do not think that is essential
>
> Can anyone help me set up my script editor in this way.
>
> Thanks,
> Fraser
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kip Murray" <[email protected]>
> To: "Programming forum" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 8:34 AM
> Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] table challenge in simple J
>
>
> > Also, the one line definition of adverb tbl is
> >
> >    tbl =: 1 : (':'; '(,x)u/(,y)')
> >
> >
> > On 11/20/2011 7:38 AM, Kip Murray wrote:
> >> Look just under "Flawed solution to Linda's challenge" below.
> >>
> >> On 11/20/2011 4:16 AM, Linda Alvord wrote:
> >>> What are your definitions of By and Over?
> >>>       tbl
> >>> 1 : '(,x)u/(,y)'
> >>>      Table=:[ by ] over +tbl
> >>>
> >>>      a Table b
> >>> |domain error: Table
> >>> |   a     Table b
> >>>
> >>>      by
> >>> ''&;@,.@[ ,. ]
> >>>      over
> >>> ({. ; }.)@":@,
> >>>
> >>> Linda
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: [email protected]
> >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kip Murray
> >>> Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 9:58 PM
> >>> To: [email protected]
> >>> Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] table challenge in simple J
> >>>
> >>> I think the correct way to deal with the misbehavior of Table in
> extreme
> >>> cases is to use adverb tbl below instead of adverb / , leaving the
> realm
> >>> of Simple J.
> >>>
> >>> Use
> >>>
> >>> tbl =: 1 : 0
> >>> :
> >>> (,x)u/(,y)
> >>> )
> >>>
> >>> and
> >>>
> >>> Table =: [ By ] Over +tbl
> >>>
> >>> then
> >>>
> >>>       a Table b
> >>> +-+-------+
> >>> | |0 1 2 3|
> >>> +-+-------+
> >>> |2|2 3 4 5|
> >>> |3|3 4 5 6|
> >>> |5|5 6 7 8|
> >>> +-+-------+
> >>>       1 Table 2 3
> >>> +-+---+
> >>> | |2 3|
> >>> +-+---+
> >>> |1|3 4|
> >>> +-+---+
> >>>       1 2 Table 3
> >>> +-+-+
> >>> | |3|
> >>> +-+-+
> >>> |1|4|
> >>> |2|5|
> >>> +-+-+
> >>>       1 Table 2
> >>> +-+-+
> >>> | |2|
> >>> +-+-+
> >>> |1|3|
> >>> +-+-+
> >>>
> >>> The point is, if adverb tbl is used in place of / then not only is
> Table
> >>> fixed, but also By and Over handle extreme cases correctly.
> >>>
> >>> Incidentally, Over's use of Format ": enables Table to get heading
> >>> spacing right:
> >>>
> >>>       100 Table 2 3 4
> >>> +---+-----------+
> >>> |   |  2   3   4|
> >>> +---+-----------+
> >>> |100|102 103 104|
> >>> +---+-----------+
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 11/18/2011 10:48 AM, Kip Murray wrote:
> >>>> It is 18 November, so below is my solution Table to Linda's challenge.
> >>>> It is the same as Raul's. However, it does not handle extreme cases
> >>>> well, and I leave it as a further challenge to repair Table.
> >>>>
> >>>> The difficulty:
> >>>>
> >>>> 1 Table 2 3
> >>>> +-+------+
> >>>> | |2     |
> >>>> +-+------+
> >>>> |1| 3 3 4|
> >>>> +-+------+
> >>>>
> >>>> 1 2 Table 3
> >>>> +-+----+
> >>>> | |3   |
> >>>> +-+----+
> >>>> |1| 4 5|
> >>>> |2|    |
> >>>> +-+----+
> >>>>
> >>>> Flawed solution to Linda's puzzle:
> >>>>
> >>>> Over
> >>>> [: ({. ; }.) [: ": ,
> >>>>
> >>>> By
> >>>> (' ' ; [: ,. [) ,. ]
> >>>>
> >>>> Table
> >>>> [ By ] Over +/
> >>>>
> >>>> Table f.
> >>>> [ ((' ' ; [: ,. [) ,. ]) ] ([: ({. ; }.) [: ": ,) +/
> >>>>
> >>>> a Table b
> >>>> +-+-------+
> >>>> | |0 1 2 3|
> >>>> +-+-------+
> >>>> |2|2 3 4 5|
> >>>> |3|3 4 5 6|
> >>>> |5|5 6 7 8|
> >>>> +-+-------+
> >>>>
> >>>> Over and Bye can produce any operation table, but Table can only
> >>>> produce
> >>>> addition tables.
> >>>>
> >>>> a By b Over a */ b
> >>>> +-+---------+
> >>>> | |0 1  2  3|
> >>>> +-+---------+
> >>>> |2|0 2  4  6|
> >>>> |3|0 3  6  9|
> >>>> |5|0 5 10 15|
> >>>> +-+---------+
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> -------- Original Message --------
> >>>> Subject: [Jprogramming] table challenge in simple J
> >>>> Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:51:50 -0500
> >>>> From: Linda Alvord<[email protected]>
> >>>> Reply-To: Programming forum<[email protected]>
> >>>> To: 'Programming forum'<[email protected]>
> >>>>
> >>>> In the dictionary in the section on "Verbs and Adverbs" there are two
> >>>> definitions designed to produce a table:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> over=:({.;}.)@":@,
> >>>>
> >>>> by=:' '&;@,.@[,.]
> >>>>
> >>>> a=: 2 3 5
> >>>>
> >>>> b=: 0 1 2 3
> >>>>
> >>>> a by b over a +/ b
> >>>>
> >>>> --T-------┐
> >>>>
> >>>> │ │0 1 2 3│
> >>>>
> >>>> +-+-------+
> >>>>
> >>>> │2│2 3 4 5│
> >>>>
> >>>> │3│3 4 5 6│
> >>>>
> >>>> │5│5 6 7 8│
> >>>>
> >>>> L-+--------
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Here is the challenge. Use the arguments a and b and define a single
> >>>> tacit
> >>>> function in "simple J" that does not use @ and provides the same
> >>>> result.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> a table b
> >>>>
> >>>> --T-------┐
> >>>> │ │0 1 2 3│
> >>>> +-+-------+
> >>>> │2│2 3 4 5│
> >>>> │3│3 4 5 6│
> >>>> │4│4 5 6 7│
> >>>> L-+--------
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> To give a little time for thought, do not post a solution until
> >>>> November
> >>>> 18th. I'll post mine then too.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Linda
> >>>>
> >>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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