On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Raul Miller <rauldmil...@gmail.com> wrote:
> (I have been asked to refrain from bottom posting on J forums, but
> I'll make an exception for people that use that format.)

Oh, I didn't realise that was the convention; I'll bottom post to keep
things consistent.

> On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 9:14 AM, Marc Simpson <m...@0branch.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 2:04 PM, Raul Miller <rauldmil...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> [...]
>>> That said, after using the above technique you might want to restore
>>> box drawing characters.  For this you can use the "Toggle Ascii Box
>>> Drawing" menu entry from j6 ide, or something like:
>>>
>>>   9!:7'+|-'#~9 1 1
>>>
>>> j7 ides probably have a mechanism for this also?
>>
>> Yep, it's View > Toggle Ascii Box Drawing.
>
> That's probable the gtk ide?  I do not see anything like that for jhs.

Right, I meant the GTK IDE; can't see an analogue in JHS either.

>> Also convenient, boxdraw_j_:
>>
>>   boxdraw_j_ 1
>>
>>   1;2;3
>> +-+-+-+
>> |1|2|3|
>> +-+-+-+
>>   boxdraw_j_ 0
>>
>>   1;2;3
>> ┌─┬─┬─┐
>> │1│2│3│
>> └─┴─┴─┘
>
> That one is supported by jconsole (and the ide versions) of j6 and j7,
> which is nice.  I'll have to remember that one.

Right. I tend to interact with jconsole from Emacs; boxdraw_j_ comes
in handy there.

Best,
M
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