IMHO debugging in J is not the happy reassuring experience it could be. Any newbie who consults NuVoc looking for debug enlightenment is all set to spend a distressing two hours.
Is that just my lack of familiarity with the geewhiz stuff that's there? Because I only resort to (13!:) and the debugger When All Else Fails. Then I go straight to https://www.jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/dx013.htm which for me is the most helpful page in the whole of J Help. It's a tall order to improve on it. If NuVoc is going to get an ancillary page on Debugging, it could do worse than link dx013 and leave it at that. Actually I do have a small improvement on dx013 to offer. For my own use I've replaced every 13!:* reference with the corresponding stdlib cover verb. I attach the resulting doctored webpage as a .webarchive, hoping it won't get stripped off. If it does, then PM me for a copy. On Sun, 3 Apr 2022 at 16:04, Raul Miller <rauldmil...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have ported debug_verbs.htm over as Debug/Verbs, and included it in > the debug navigator. > > Someone (probably me) should go in and "merge" the two tables of > contents on the page. (In other words, add the __NOTOC__ keyword to > disable the wiki generated table after replicating its functionality > in the table with descriptive comments a short distance down on the > page.) > > Thanks, > > -- > Raul > > On Sun, Apr 3, 2022 at 10:54 AM chris burke <cbu...@jsoftware.com> wrote: > > > > > I haven't found a replacement for > > https://www.jsoftware.com/docs/help602/user/debug_verbs.htm yet. > > > > This should be a new child page of https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Debug > . > > > > > > > > On Sun, Apr 3, 2022 at 12:00 AM Raul Miller <rauldmil...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > https://code.jsoftware.com/mediawiki/index.php/Guides/Covering_a_verb > > > seems useful, but I haven't found a replacement for > > > https://www.jsoftware.com/docs/help602/user/debug_verbs.htm yet. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > -- > > > Raul > > > > > > On Sat, Apr 2, 2022 at 11:55 PM Henry Rich <henryhr...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > That's pretty good. It needs to be referred to from the NuVoc > ancillary > > > > pages. > > > > > > > > It seems to be about the graphical debugger. Some users, as I > > > > understand, use debug commands from the keyboard. Some documentation > > > > for them would be wolcome. > > > > > > > > Henry Rich > > > > > > > > On 4/2/2022 10:24 PM, Raul Miller wrote: > > > > > What about https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Debug? > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > > > > https://www.avg.com > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
