@Henry - I think I'll wait and see what you do with RankInfo before I start my bulk update. The devil is in the detail.
On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 2:31 PM, Henry Rich <henryhr...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > @Ian - I will start on the RankInfo page. It will point to some pages TBD > that discuss agreement, fill, and rank in detail. > > I suggest that the dyadic 1 _ rank title be changed from > > Rank Infinity... > > to > > Rank 1,Infinity... > > Also I think additional entries are needed for those modifiers that take > the rank from one of the operands - mu lu mu mv etc. > > I think @ and @:, and & and &: and &. and &.:, will need to point to > special pages of their own. Every J beginner hits the same problem with > these. This can be a hand-edit to these pages. > > u;.n will also be a hand-edit, since the rank of the derived verb depends > on n. > > > Henry Rich > > > On 1/22/2014 8:43 AM, Ian Clark wrote: > >> Re Rank Information on Nuvoc portal page: I've implemented something which >> I hope fits the bill for now, until someone can come up with a technically >> satisfying alternative. >> >> Initially the Nuvoc page comes up as-is, but a prominent link lets you see >> an alternative page with ranks shown for every relevant primitive: >> "See this page <http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/NuVocWithRank> with >> details >> >> of verb ranks" >> ...No it's not beautiful, but no one is forced to look at it. >> >> IMO this doesn't lessen the need for Henry's proposal. If everyone is >> happy, I'll make arrangements with Chris Burke for a bulk update as per >> the >> mashup: >> http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Voctest/eq_iac2 >> >> @Henry -thanks for offer. The only help I need is if you could please >> write >> the content for the singe page: >> http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Vocabulary/RankInfo >> I hope this page is final in terms of structure like headings and >> Anchor-targets, which I've made to your spec. If you want to change any of >> these, please tell me real soon before I alter 100-odd pages to point to >> it. >> >> @Henry & everyone - yes go ahead and edit the Nuvoc collection. I'm not >> asserting sole ownership of it -- it's on a wiki after all. PM me if you >> want to draw my attention to an alteration once you've made it. Not to ask >> my permission, just to help me keep up-to-date. >> >> I'll post a warning before my bulk-update, and again when it's done. Be >> warned: in the intervening period any edits of individual pages will >> regress. >> >> >> On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 8:14 AM, Jan-Pieter Jacobs < >> janpieter.jac...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I agree, tool tips would be a pain for people using a tablet. For other >>> people, it would probably take a bit before discovering them, and >>> linking a >>> description in words in a tooltip to a page explaining it would probably >>> be >>> a pain. >>> >>> I don't know enough about moinmoin but would it be an idea to provide a >>> switch button to switch colouring based on part of speech or rank? >>> >>> Another thing I have not seen pop up, but what with ranks of derived >>> verbs, >>> the ones generated by the application of adverbs and conjunctions? >>> JP. >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
