Re: [Bug-apl] 2 questions wrt editing my programs

Thanks Jürgen & Elias for your responses. I will explore both approaches. In fact I have downloaded Emacs for OS X from but not yet installed it. As a long time user of BBEdit, a great text editor for Mac, I've also downloaded the free TextWrangler app. It's also fr

Re: [Bug-apl] 2 questions wrt editing my programs

Hi Peter, the built-in ∇-editor should almost work like "Editor 1" described in the IBM language reference manual for APL2, chapter 9. When you are scripting GNU APL then you can define functions in your script like this: )ERASE AVERAGE ∇Z←AVERAGE B Z←(+/B)÷⍴B ∇ Having that said, this is how

Re: [Bug-apl] 2 questions wrt editing my programs

Heh Heh…. Yes I do know about emacs mode and your contribution….. respect…. Peter On 2014-04-21, at 6:33 PM, Peter Teeson wrote: > (1) Where is docn for the built in function editor when running in terminal > mode? > (I have the IBM manuals - should I be looking there? Also I am not familiar

[Bug-apl] 2 questions wrt editing my programs

(1) Where is docn for the built in function editor when running in terminal mode? (I have the IBM manuals - should I be looking there? Also I am not familiar with emacs or vi) (I'm only familiar with the IPSA one) (2) Can I use an external text editor and interface with quad FX? Because I now w