Yes, J602 is unicode-compliant. This allows it to handle APL chars in the J session, and as data.
And other fancy chars too... You might be interested in: http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/UnicodeGettingStarted Alternatively search the wiki (top-right corner) on "unicode" and you'll find several pages relating to unicode use. And there's always the u: section in J Help. However it all takes a while to absorb and fully understand, for countless silly little reasons, which is why I wrote the above. You can find APL chars to copy/paste into the J session or an IJS window at the bottom of page: http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/APL2JPhraseBook ...and I might get round to writing a little APL palette / keyboard for j602. The J wiki is actually configured in its css files to expect you to have APL385 Unicode installed. It uses it to display J code too, like when you type: `myname` or {{{...}}}. I don't use it for my J session: I use Courier New instead. It has all the APL chars. They're not pretty, but they're there. (On Apple's version of the font, that is.) Ian Clark On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 6:45 PM, John Baker <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings All, > > I have found a very handy J editor trick for the 602 version of j.exe. > > Go to the Vector web site and download the APL385 Unicode font. The url > follows: > > http://www.vector.org.uk/?area=fonts > > <http://www.vector.org.uk/?area=fonts>Install the font and then select it as > the main font in the J configuration tool. J'ugglers will not see any > difference. J looks pretty much like it always does even boxes line up > properly if you have selected the linedraw option. > > Now for all you APL'ers out there. If your APL can place unicode > representations of APL code on the clipboard go ahead and generate some. > Dyalog does this automatically other dialects will need some character > remapping. > Now open a new IJS window in J and paste in your APL code. Voila - the APL > characters are preserved and all is good and well with the world. > > Next up - the federal budget. > > Cheers > John D. Baker > [email protected] > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
