Rather than tacking more stuff onto the session output window, perhaps there could be a "information on the last result" window. It would display things like:
- noun/verb/adverb/conjunction - if noun, - the internal type - rank - shape - # elements (*/shape) - ": representation as well as linear, boxed, etc. - number of bytes etc. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sherlock, Ric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, October 6, 2008 13:50 Subject: RE: [Jprogramming] Difference between 5^100x and x: 5^100 To: Programming forum <[email protected]> > ---Raul Miller wrote: > > It would be interesting if the session manager code which > > colorizes text within the session were itself written in J. > > > > However, since this expression apparently colorizes every > > displayed line and updates the display every time a > > character is typed, there might be efficiency constraints. > > > > Also, the current mechanism seems to be based solely on > > characteristics of > > the raw text. For example, if you configure your system such > > that adverbs display in green, and type example=:/ then the > > word 'example' will not be displayed in green. So this > > proposed change would be a major departure from > > how the session manager currently works. > > Thanks for investigating this idea further, I don't really have > an idea of how easy it would be to implement such a scheme, > which is why I asked if it would be possible in an earlier post > in this thread. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
