edit 'verbname' works in j6, I use it there relatively often. I think
I remember some discussion about making it work in jhs.
A limitation of edit is that it needs an unambiguously defined editor
for J to use to do the editing.
A related issue is that we have a tradition of integrating the
language's capabilities with the environment, and the windows console
(for example) does not include an unambiguously defined editor. (Unix
consoles might, but jconsole is more of a bootstrap environment than
an integrated environment.)
Similarly, edit under jhs would face several ambiguities. Here's a
rough draft of a version of edit for jhs:
edit=:3 : 0
open ;(4!:4 boxopen y) { 4!:3''
)
Thanks,
--
Raul
On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 9:19 AM, Brian Schott <schott.br...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ian,
>
> I have been using J for some time and was not aware of `edit`, so I wonder
> where it is promoted? My consternation at your message was continued when I
> only tried using `edit` in jconsole, and it did not work.
>
> Btw, thanks for this email contribution.
>
> 9!:14''
> j701/2011-01-10/11:25 build: Feb 6 2011 16:16:29
> 9!:12''
> 5
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 4:43 PM, Ian Clark <earthspo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> @jasmine - it's hard to know how to do better than
>> edit 'stdlib'
>> or for a particular verb:
>> edit 'splitstring'
>> because the scripts are well-commented. And they have the vast advantage of
>> keeping themselves up-to-date -- a biiiiiiiig problem with jwiki.
>>
>>
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