For ipad labs I'd be inclined for now to forgo the gui complications. Provide a verb that list all the labs in the jijx window with numbers. The a labopen verb that opens a lab by number. I'd leave the advance button on the screen all the time.
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Brian Schott <[email protected]>wrote: > Eric, > > I like your ideas, and have begun to looks at your code jijxipad.ijs > to see what I can add. I assume you mean by a "labnext button" a lab > advance button? A "choose a lab" button would also be needed, and an > actual lab choice by the user would trigger the showing of the > "labnext" button on jijxipad, right? > > Regarding the space key peculiarities of the ipad keyboard, I have > discovered a couple of workarounds. > > On the numeric ipad keypad there is an "undo" key which can be helpful > if you wish to simply enter a list of space-separated numbers: just > press the "undo" key first and then enter the list. > > On the symbolic ipad key pad there is a "redo" key which can be used > to enter something like `a=: <a list of space-separated numbers>': on > the alpha keypad enter the letter `a', then go straight to the > symbolic keypad by way of the numeric keypad, then press the "redo" > key before entering `=: ...' . > > These are not great alternatives, but they seem to work. > > On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 4:04 PM, Eric Iverson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I left the menu out because much of it seems of little use on the ipad > and > > I valued the real estate more. > > > > Try running labs manually. It might lead you to push for improvements of > > ipad labs. > > labopen_jlab_ jpath'~addons/labs/labs/core/jtaste1.ijt' > > labnext_jlab_'' > > > > It might make sense to add a few more buttons on the ipad to the right of > > the input box. A labnext button would be easy. And perhaps a space button > > that make the keyboard easier to use. It would be easy to add a verb that > > listed labs and made it easy to select one to open. I'm not going to get > to > > adding buttons to jijxipad any time soon. It would make an interesting > > exercise for the reader. > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
