In case you don't already know, the bstr verb fails on arrays with rank greater than 2. e.g.
y=: sigma ; ;:'chthonic diplodocus egg' bstr y bstr 4 5$y bstr 2 4 5$y NB. wrong result ----- Original Message ----- From: June Kim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 11:10 Subject: Re: [Jgeneral] unicode spacing problem To: General forum <[email protected]> > For a general approach, see http://jsoftware.com/jwiki/JuneKim > > Usage example with your sigma: > > bstr <sigma > +-+ > |σ| > +-+ > > > 2007/8/14, Carl Ledbetter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I'm trying to use some unicode characters and have encountered > a problem I > > just can't seem to solve. Although the characters > display nicely in an .ijx > > window, the formatting for boxes around them gets messed up-- > presumably> because they're double byte characters. I cannot > find a way to solve this, > > although I've spent hours looking in the documentation and > trying various > > things. Although the context in which I am trying to use them > is much more > > complicated, the matter comes down basically to this problem: > > > > sigma =: 4 u: 963 > > sigma > > σ > > <sigma > > ┌──┐ > > │σ│ > > └──┘ > > <'s' > > ┌─┐ > > │s│ > > └─┘ > > The box around the σ spaces incorrectly (by analogy with a box > around> an ordinary character). The parts of the box not on the > σ line appear > > to believe they need an extra space, even though it doesn't. > > > > I have tried converting to U8 characters, among other things, > but nothing > > seems to work. > > > > Is there a way to solve this formatting problem? I have > tried, for > > instance, to insert an invisible blank appended to the σ to > push the > > right side of the box over (not a perfect solution, but it > would work) > > but can't even find a way to do that. The best solution > would be to find > > a way to create the σ so that it doesn't make the < think > it needs to be > > wider. > > > > Anyone have a way to do that? > > > > I am using this, for now, only on the display by employing > > > > W =: (1!:2)&2 > > > > as in: > > > > W 'σ' > > σ > > > > or > > > > W sigma > > σ > > W <sigma > > ┌──┐ > > │σ│ > > └──┘ > > > > Eventually I'll use LaTeX to set type--and I expect to > encounter some > > version of this problem again when mixing TeX and J. Any > advice on that? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
