The OCR function in Acrobat isn't perfect, particularly in non-standard text like J. So cut-and-paste from a scanned-in PDF can have problems.
On Thu, Jul 26, 2018, 3:37 PM devonmcc <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks - come to think of it, I have a nearly complete set as well but now > also have the PDF of the articles, so it is not necessary. > > > Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone > -------- Original message --------From: Ian Clark <[email protected]> > Date: 7/26/18 15:09 (GMT-05:00) To: [email protected] Subject: > Re: [Jprogramming] Missing line in ch.33 of "50 Shades..." > I have an almost-complete set of printed VECTOR magazines. So I can look up > (and scan) the original "J-ottings" articles on which the "50 Shades" are > based. Please feel free to PM me with your request. > > But it's a non-trivial task, and I've only just moved house and mislaid the > scanner, so regrettably there may be delays. > > > > On Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 6:00 PM, chris burke <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > It's interesting that there seem to be typos in the pdf as well - see > the > > spurious "ui" near the end of the "Parity of permutations" section, > before > > the expression "#every C.t". > > > > Right. We know there are such problems, hence the request for help > checking > > the pages. I think all the core articles are really good, but the J > > language may have changed, and transcription errors crept in as the text > > went from the original source to Vector, then to a book, and then to the > > wiki. > > > > On Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 8:18 AM, devonmcc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Thanks, Bob. This let me finish this chapter. It's interesting that > > > there seem to be typos in the pdf as well - see the spurious "ui" near > > the > > > end of the "Parity of permutations" section, before the expression > > "#every > > > C.t". > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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
