Using "∑i.5" to display "+/i.5" obscures the power of adverbs. +/x and */x tell you that the two operations are related. Not so Sigma x and Pi x. And what do you do for *./x (for example)? Big LCM?
----- Original Message ----- From: Don Guinn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, February 6, 2007 5:10 pm Subject: [Jgeneral] Displaying J with Unicode Special Symbols > Having followed the discussion a while back about representing J > primitives with special symbols like APL instead of staying within > ASCII, I added a field in the Primitives to Mnemonics script to > allow > one to easily display J primitives and idioms with unicode symbols > of > one's choice. Well, it wasn't really easy. I only found a few > unicode > symbols I liked. But it was enough to play with. If you want to > try it > yourself look at: > > http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Primitives_to_Mnemonics?highlight=%28CategoryWorkInProgress%29 > > "+/i.5" gives "∑ Integers 5". I never could find an iota that > worked. I > don't know if the sigma showed up when you read this message. How > to get > specific unicode characters loaded into my computer is still a > mystery > to me. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
