Heh, try dissect 'dissect ''i.10'' '
----- Original Message --------------- Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Announcement: Graphical sentence debugger for J From: Henry Rich <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2014 15:26:02 -0400 To: [email protected] dissect is not yet integrated into the IDE (because I just released it yesterday and haven't talked to Chris about it). It has a Wiki page and will no doubt get mentioned more in the docs, if it is any good. Henry Rich On 8/7/2014 11:38 AM, Murray Eisenberg wrote: > Apparently my question and its purpose was misunderstood. I was not asking > what the load statement should be, since as I indicated I was able to find > dissect.ijs by using an OS X search. > > Rather, my question was how to find dissect from within the running J system, > e.g., from jqt. > > And the purpose was to suggest that this is just the sort of lack of > documentation that makes J unnecessarily hard to use -- except perhaps for > the insiders who develop it. > > Moreover, how is it recommended that one learns about the existence of > "dissect" from within the J system (i.e., not having to rely upon the mailing > list)? > > > On 6 Aug 2014 14:06:22 -0700, "'Pascal Jasmin' via Programming" > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> load 'debug/dissect' >> >> will work from console and files. ?I think similar statements work for all >> items under /addons >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Murray Eisenberg <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Cc: >> Sent: Wednesday, August 6, 2014 4:22:01 PM >> Subject: [Jprogramming] Announcement: Graphical sentence debugger for >> J >> >> Now just how do you recommend that one determine what file to load in order >> to have access to dissect? >> >> In jqt, unfortunately, the dialog one gets from menu selection Edit > Find >> in Files does not allow the choice of Addons, just Demos, Projects, and User. >> >> And there seems to be no reasonable way to do a search for 'dissect' when >> one uses the built-in Help menu. >> >> And the jwiki page http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Vocabulary/Dissect doesn't >> tell how to load it, either. >> >> Of course I can use (under OS X) the Terminal command "mdfind -name >> dissect.ijs", but why does it have to be so hard to accomplish such a basic >> and essential thing from within J (without shelling out)?? >> >> >> On Wed, 06 Aug 2014 15:49:36 -0400, Henry Rich <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> The /Dissect/ addon lets you probe a J sentence, even one that contains >>> complex tacit forms.? It has a colorful but informative display using >>> gl2 graphics.? It is described at >>> >>> www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Vocabulary/Dissect >>> >>> I think it could answer a lot of the language questions posed here. > > > Murray Eisenberg [email protected] > Mathematics & Statistics Dept. > Lederle Graduate Research Tower phone 240 246-7240 (H) > University of Massachusetts > 710 North Pleasant Street > Amherst, MA 01003-9305 > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
