Re: [Jprogramming] J ios

2017-07-09 Thread bill lam
OS will kill apps running in background when memory is low, but J didn't save state into a bundle so that it loses previous state when re-open. type exit'' and it will show a message teaching how to kill J and reset state. Вс, 09 июл 2017, jprogramming написал(а): > Two questions: > 1. Why does

Re: [Jprogramming] J ios

2017-07-09 Thread 'Jim Russell' via Programming
Of course, you can also select text in the log area and cut, you simply have no access to the keyboard to backspace and clear without filling the clipboard. > On Jul 9, 2017, at 6:06 PM, 'Jim Russell' via Programming > wrote: > > That is my assumption, but other apps retain their state almost

Re: [Jprogramming] J ios

2017-07-09 Thread Raul Miller
Presumably they store it somewhere. Thanks, -- Raul On Sun, Jul 9, 2017 at 6:06 PM, 'Jim Russell' via Programming wrote: > That is my assumption, but other apps retain their state almost indefinitely. > > But I missed your point, that is the way to clear the log. Thanks for > reminding me. >

Re: [Jprogramming] J ios

2017-07-09 Thread 'Jim Russell' via Programming
That is my assumption, but other apps retain their state almost indefinitely. But I missed your point, that is the way to clear the log. Thanks for reminding me. > On Jul 9, 2017, at 5:57 PM, Raul Miller wrote: > > When you restart the app, that clears the log. > > (double click home button,

[Jprogramming] J iOS new keyboard

2017-07-09 Thread 'Jim Russell' via Programming
I love the improvement. I would also like a circled x to clear all when there are characters in the input area, and an auto repeat on the destructive backspace. -- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/for

Re: [Jprogramming] J ios

2017-07-09 Thread Raul Miller
When you restart the app, that clears the log. (double click home button, slide app up in the app switcher, reopen app.) So presumably it's getting shut down when it loses the log? Thanks, -- Raul On Sun, Jul 9, 2017 at 5:44 PM, 'Jim Russell' via Programming wrote: > Two questions: > 1. Why

[Jprogramming] J ios

2017-07-09 Thread 'Jim Russell' via Programming
Two questions: 1. Why does J (and only this app) retain its state for only about a day at most? 2. If it didn't, how would I clear the log manually? -- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm

Re: [Jprogramming] J iOS at Apple App Store

2017-07-09 Thread J. Patrick Harrington
Just to set things stright. I (Patrick) said that I used iFiles to transfer files, but that was wrong, I actually used iExplorer. Sorry for the misinformation. My version of iExplorer is old enough that it won't update to the current version, but still works fine for file transfers with j701. I

Re: [Jprogramming] J iOS at Apple App Store

2017-07-09 Thread 'Jim Russell' via Programming
Sometime around the IOS 10.? update, Apple broke the ability of my Macbook (OS X Lion 10.7.5 (11G63) 13-inch Late 2007 safari Version 6.1.6 (7537.78.2) ITunes 12.2.2.25) To connect via USB to my iPhone 6s. So, I miss the 32 bit version's ability to use pacman. Everything else, I love!! Thanks Er

Re: [Jprogramming] J iOS at Apple App Store

2017-07-09 Thread Jose Mario Quintana
Than you for the feedback. Somehow I missed you post earlier. On Sun, Jul 9, 2017 at 12:40 PM, Joey K Tuttle wrote: > I think the easiest way is using something like iExplorer from > https://macroplant.com/ (works in Windows and OS X) > > They have a free version which would suffice for what y

Re: [Jprogramming] J iOS at Apple App Store

2017-07-09 Thread Jose Mario Quintana
Maybe I spoke too soon about waiting. I thought that there could be a way via email... Apparently there is! Thanks. On Sun, Jul 9, 2017 at 1:00 PM, 'Mike Day' via Programming < programm...@jsoftware.com> wrote: > While drafting this, I've just seen Joey Tuttle's post. But I'll > persist!n (And

Re: [Jprogramming] J iOS at Apple App Store

2017-07-09 Thread Jose Mario Quintana
I think I will wait for option 3... Thank you! :) On Sun, Jul 9, 2017 at 12:49 PM, Eric Iverson wrote: > moving files between desktop and iOS: > > 1. Install itunes on desktop and use itunes share facility. They don't make > this easy and you might have to google to figure it out. Share only

Re: [Jprogramming] J iOS at Apple App Store

2017-07-09 Thread 'Mike Day' via Programming
While drafting this, I've just seen Joey Tuttle's post. But I'll persist!n (And now, Eric's!) There's the official method for the previous (32 bit) iOS versions, described under http://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Guides/iOS/32bit#FileTransfers It involves emailing to yourself. Possibly simpler

Re: [Jprogramming] J iOS at Apple App Store

2017-07-09 Thread Eric Iverson
moving files between desktop and iOS: 1. Install itunes on desktop and use itunes share facility. They don't make this easy and you might have to google to figure it out. Share only lets you move a single file. So you probably want to use the J implementation of tar. On the desktop you can load'ta

Re: [Jprogramming] J iOS at Apple App Store

2017-07-09 Thread Joey K Tuttle
I think the easiest way is using something like iExplorer from https://macroplant.com/ (works in Windows and OS X) They have a free version which would suffice for what you ask, see - https://macroplant.com/iexplorer/free-vs-paid Patrick references iFile which is similar to iExplorer (I don't

Re: [Jprogramming] J iOS at Apple App Store

2017-07-09 Thread Jose Mario Quintana
What is the easiest way to transfer a bunch of scripts back and forth between an iPhone and a Win PC? On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 2:59 PM, J. Patrick Harrington wrote: > Thank you Eric! > > I've just tried j701 on my iPhone 6+. The new keyboard is a *vast* > improvement making the entry of the most

Re: [Jprogramming] J iOS at Apple App Store

2017-07-05 Thread bill lam
The base library had assumed all JFE had defined BINPATH, but apparently this is not always true. Fix will be in the next base library update. Thank you for reporting this bug. Ср, 05 июл 2017, Xiao-Yong Jin написал(а): > Looks like the new Iospacman.txt updated by bill lam is working again, but

Re: [Jprogramming] J iOS at Apple App Store

2017-07-05 Thread Bill
Iospacman.txt is decommitted, there will be other ways to move files in and out of j ios and more addons might be bundled inside j ios assets. Sent from my iPhone On 6 Jul, 2017, at 3:39 AM, Xiao-Yong Jin wrote: > It is not about pointlessly updating the libraries, but rather a simple way > to

Re: [Jprogramming] J iOS

2017-07-05 Thread Devon McCormick
Maybe look here: http://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Guides/Startup ? On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 5:07 PM, J. Patrick Harrington wrote: > > Sorry, I didn't see the lower part of the ? notes. > Thanks. > > > On Wed, 5 Jul 2017, Eric Iverson wrote: > >> scroll to near the end of the blue ? page and you will

Re: [Jprogramming] J iOS at Apple App Store

2017-07-05 Thread 'Mike Day' via Programming
Thanks, Eric. Sorry for the delay - watching Wimbledon & out for a while. Yes - it seems fine in portrait mode. It's not immediately obvious that there are three sections of display; I don't know what you call them, so when it says "scroll through these topics... ", it's not quite clear wha

Re: [Jprogramming] J iOS

2017-07-05 Thread J. Patrick Harrington
Sorry, I didn't see the lower part of the ? notes. Thanks. On Wed, 5 Jul 2017, Eric Iverson wrote: scroll to near the end of the blue ? page and you will see a section 'customize J at start up'. Short answer. enter: je'startup' On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 4:38 PM, J. Patrick Harrington wrote:

Re: [Jprogramming] J iOS

2017-07-05 Thread Eric Iverson
scroll to near the end of the blue ? page and you will see a section 'customize J at start up'. Short answer. enter: je'startup' On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 4:38 PM, J. Patrick Harrington wrote: > Eric, > Is there a file which j701 reads on startup, > or is there another way to avoid having t

[Jprogramming] J iOS

2017-07-05 Thread J. Patrick Harrington
Eric, Is there a file which j701 reads on startup, or is there another way to avoid having to type load 'my_profile' every time? Patrick -- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.c

Re: [Jprogramming] J iOS at Apple App Store

2017-07-05 Thread Eric Iverson
With a bit of work and documentation of steps at the wiki it will soon be possible to to put addons on J iOS. New documents and document exchange within your own environment (your desktop to your device) is more clearly within the Apple rules than download from Jsoftware. Here is a rough sketch:

Re: [Jprogramming] J iOS at Apple App Store

2017-07-05 Thread Xiao-Yong Jin
It is not about pointlessly updating the libraries, but rather a simple way to download more addons. > On Jul 5, 2017, at 12:27 PM, Eric Iverson wrote: > > The folder structure in J iOS is a bit different. I think it would be a > mistake to worry about things like updating the base library. Why

Re: [Jprogramming] J iOS at Apple App Store

2017-07-05 Thread 'Jim Russell' via Programming
Ok, I won't do this: load 'pacman' not found: /j/system/util/pacman.ijs |file name error: script | 0!:0 y[4!:55<'y' But this, in the plot lab, is disappointing: The examples given below also require the utilities in scripts numeric and trig. Load these as: ) load 'numeric trig' not fo

Re: [Jprogramming] J iOS at Apple App Store

2017-07-05 Thread J. Patrick Harrington
Thank you Eric! I've just tried j701 on my iPhone 6+. The new keyboard is a *vast* improvement making the entry of the most common characters much more convenient. My phone was jailbroken for years, which made it easy to move files onto the J app, but eventually I was forced to upgrade to t

Re: [Jprogramming] J iOS at Apple App Store

2017-07-05 Thread Eric Iverson
The folder structure in J iOS is a bit different. I think it would be a mistake to worry about things like updating the base library. Why not just use what is already there? Updating for the mere sake of updating doesn't make sense. On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 1:03 PM, Xiao-Yong Jin wrote: > Looks li

Re: [Jprogramming] J iOS at Apple App Store

2017-07-05 Thread Eric Iverson
I was please with the report that the 5s works and have verified it with the simulator. On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 12:48 PM, Eric Iverson wrote: > UGH. A bug introduced at the last minute (making landscape keyboard > buttons taller - so they were square) broke landscape keyboard on all > devices. Th

Re: [Jprogramming] J iOS at Apple App Store

2017-07-05 Thread Xiao-Yong Jin
Looks like the new Iospacman.txt updated by bill lam is working again, but the updated base library cannot be loaded, because JFE doesn’t have BINPATH defined. > On Jul 5, 2017, at 11:48 AM, Eric Iverson wrote: > > UGH. A bug introduced at the last minute (making landscape keyboard buttons > tal

Re: [Jprogramming] J iOS at Apple App Store

2017-07-05 Thread Eric Iverson
UGH. A bug introduced at the last minute (making landscape keyboard buttons taller - so they were square) broke landscape keyboard on all devices. This is in addition to the initial confusion of not seeing the help html view if you start out in landscape. I want to wait a bit to see if there are o

Re: [Jprogramming] J iOS at Apple App Store

2017-07-05 Thread Joey K Tuttle
Add to my problems that I often confuse my explanations with "typos"... Should have said - i.e. z x c ... m = . : and the control row below are missing. > On 2017Jul 5, at 08:02, Joey K Tuttle wrote: > > The problem is worse than you indicate, only the top 4 rows of the keyboard > appear

Re: [Jprogramming] J iOS at Apple App Store

2017-07-05 Thread Joey K Tuttle
I was too enthusiastic last night to report that landscape is broken. The problem is worse than you indicate, only the top 4 rows of the keyboard appear in landscape, i.e. a s d f...k l ' and the control row below are missing. When the keyboard is dismissed before rotation, the scrolling area is

Re: [Jprogramming] J iOS at Apple App Store

2017-07-05 Thread Eric Iverson
I think I see the problem you report with landscape. Everything is working as intended, but the html view (where ? and plots are displayed) is not seen because the screen is taken up with the keyboard and log area. There just isn't enough vertical space. Please run J again in landscape and dismiss

Re: [Jprogramming] J iOS at Apple App Store

2017-07-05 Thread 'Mike Day' via Programming
Oh! I rotated the screen, so moving from landscape to portrait, and (A) saw an introductory display rather than a fairly small blank area, And (b) a functioning "?" "button" Sorry, I prefer l/scape most of the time. Prepared to use Portrait, but shouldn't landscape work too? Thanks again,

Re: [Jprogramming] J iOS at Apple App Store

2017-07-04 Thread 'Mike Day' via Programming
Early try-out on iPad, iOS 10.3.2 :- the "?" "Button" appears not to work, not with my finger-jabbing, at least... Thanks, Mike Please reply to mike_liz@tiscali.co.uk. Sent from my iPad > On 5 Jul 2017, at 01:42, Eric Iverson wrote: > > A significant new release of J iOS is avai

Re: [Jprogramming] J iOS at Apple App Store

2017-07-04 Thread Joey K Tuttle
I like it! Lots of things to learn (and I lust for a + size iPhone) but off the top, great improvements! > On 2017Jul 4, at 17:42, Eric Iverson wrote: > > A significant new release of J iOS is available at the Apple App Store. > > See http://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Guides/iOS for more inf

Re: [Jprogramming] J iOS at Apple App Store

2017-07-04 Thread Kip Murray
Thanks, I'll try that. --Kip On Tuesday, July 4, 2017, robert therriault wrote: > Kip > > I just tap in the text entry box. I think that the down arrow makes it > disappear. > > Cheers, bob > > > On Jul 4, 2017, at 7:14 PM, Kip Murray > wrote: > > > > How do you get the new keyboard back if you

Re: [Jprogramming] J iOS at Apple App Store

2017-07-04 Thread robert therriault
Kip I just tap in the text entry box. I think that the down arrow makes it disappear. Cheers, bob > On Jul 4, 2017, at 7:14 PM, Kip Murray wrote: > > How do you get the new keyboard back if you lose it? Don't remember how I > lost it. --Kip Murray > > On Tuesday, July 4, 2017, robert therr

Re: [Jprogramming] J iOS at Apple App Store

2017-07-04 Thread Kip Murray
How do you get the new keyboard back if you lose it? Don't remember how I lost it. --Kip Murray On Tuesday, July 4, 2017, robert therriault wrote: > Looks good Eric, > > At first blush the new keyboard is much more useful for J and Menlo is a > much nicer font. > > Congratulations, bob > > > O

Re: [Jprogramming] J iOS at Apple App Store

2017-07-04 Thread robert therriault
Looks good Eric, At first blush the new keyboard is much more useful for J and Menlo is a much nicer font. Congratulations, bob > On Jul 4, 2017, at 5:42 PM, Eric Iverson wrote: > > A significant new release of J iOS is available at the Apple App Store. > > See http://code.jsoftware.com/wiki

[Jprogramming] J iOS at Apple App Store

2017-07-04 Thread Eric Iverson
A significant new release of J iOS is available at the Apple App Store. See http://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Guides/iOS for more information. -- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm

Re: [Jprogramming] J iOS and iOS 8.4

2015-07-12 Thread J. Patrick Harrington
Joey, Oh my :-( I have this love/hate feeling about Apple; they make such nice devices but have this need to force you into their straightjacket. I really hope that Eric finds the time to at least *try* to get Apple to permit sharing. It's a step backwards for J on the iPhone -- I'll have to

Re: [Jprogramming] J iOS and iOS 8.4

2015-07-11 Thread Joey K Tuttle
Patrick, I was nonplussed to discover this too. I solicited Eric to send an update to Apple asking to turn on sharing, but he is too busy with other projects and is skeptical that they would approve it. I can report that things have tightened down even more in iOS9, but I also think it is pos

Re: [Jprogramming] J iOS and iOS 8.4

2015-07-10 Thread J. Patrick Harrington
I've no idea how I would do that. It's been years since I've done anything but run verbs that I developed on my laptop and then copied over to the iPhone. On Sat, 11 Jul 2015, bill lam wrote: Can the new iPhone run pacman? --

Re: [Jprogramming] J iOS and iOS 8.4

2015-07-10 Thread bill lam
Can the new iPhone run pacman? On Jul 11, 2015 4:23 AM, "J. Patrick Harrington" wrote: > I've just upgraded my old iPhone 4S to a new 6 Plus. > It's still small enough to fit in my pocket, and the > extra screen real estate makes running J nicer. > Of course the new phone comes with the current

Re: [Jprogramming] J iOS and iOS 8.4

2015-07-10 Thread Roger Hui
> So it looks like this is not meaningful for such a small matrix with current machines. Reminds me of the following story from Chinese history. A king from a minor kingdom was visiting a rich man, reputed to be very rich indeed. So the king wore a special coat made with the finest fabric (the e

Re: [Jprogramming] J iOS and iOS 8.4

2015-07-10 Thread J. Patrick Harrington
One last one: The JKT benchmark Roger pointed to gives: 6!:2 '%. ?50 50$1000' 0.013092 So it looks like this is not meaningful for such a small matrix with current machines. On Fri, 10 Jul 2015, J. Patrick Harrington wrote: But 1000 ts '%. a" 0.00203444 239040 Hmmm... On Fri,

Re: [Jprogramming] J iOS and iOS 8.4

2015-07-10 Thread J. Patrick Harrington
But 1000 ts '%. a" 0.00203444 239040 Hmmm... On Fri, 10 Jul 2015, J. Patrick Harrington wrote: a=. 50 50$ rand 2500 10 ts '%. a' 0.0049867 239040 (ts=: 6!:2 , 7!:2@]) -- For information about J forums see

Re: [Jprogramming] J iOS and iOS 8.4

2015-07-10 Thread J. Patrick Harrington
a=. 50 50$ rand 2500 10 ts '%. a' 0.0049867 239040 (ts=: 6!:2 , 7!:2@]) On Fri, 10 Jul 2015, Roger Hui wrote: PS. Time on the iPhone 6 to invert a 500x500 matrix is only 0.55 sec! If you can do one for a 50x50 matrix the result can be added to http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Essays/JKT_B

Re: [Jprogramming] J iOS and iOS 8.4

2015-07-10 Thread Roger Hui
> PS. Time on the iPhone 6 to invert a 500x500 matrix is only 0.55 sec! If you can do one for a 50x50 matrix the result can be added to http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Essays/JKT_Benchmark On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 1:22 PM, J. Patrick Harrington wrote: > I've just upgraded my old iPhone 4S to a n

[Jprogramming] J iOS and iOS 8.4

2015-07-10 Thread J. Patrick Harrington
I've just upgraded my old iPhone 4S to a new 6 Plus. It's still small enough to fit in my pocket, and the extra screen real estate makes running J nicer. Of course the new phone comes with the current version of iOS: 8.4. Thinking it would be the easiest way to move files in and out of J, I purc

Re: [Jprogramming] J iOS anniversary

2013-06-21 Thread Eric Iverson
I use gmail on my iPx and that opens the iosx.ijs fine. It sound like you are using an email reader that doesn't like the .ijs suffix. Try again but rename the file to be iosx.txt to see if this helps. To be honest, I lost most of my interest in this when I saw how well Joey's suggestion of $35 i

Re: [Jprogramming] J iOS anniversary

2013-06-21 Thread Murray Eisenberg
I got stuck at step of reading mail in iOS: tapping iosx.ijs gives error "Mail cannot open this attachment." The mail with iosx.ijs attached was sent from Mac Mail on my iMac. ?? On Mon, 10 Jun 2013 19:41:50 -0400, Eric Iverson wrote: > . . .Moving content (scripts) between desktop/iOS has b

Re: [Jprogramming] J iOS content transfe

2013-06-11 Thread J. Patrick Harrington
Eric, I just tried this method with the corrected isox.ijs, and it does work for me, running j701 on the laptop. Nice. Patrick On Tue, 11 Jun 2013, Eric Iverson wrote: There was a serious typo in the last message for updating J iOS. The l

[Jprogramming] J iOS content transfer - the iExplorer way

2013-06-11 Thread Eric Iverson
Just installed and played with iExplorer from www.macroplant.com and am impressed and happy. This product lets you mount your iPx as an external drive on your Windows or Mac desktop. The product costs $35 and is well worth it if you make non-trivial use of J iOS. Thanks to Joey Tuttle for this p

[Jprogramming] J iOS content transfer

2013-06-11 Thread Eric Iverson
There was a serious typo in the last message for updating J iOS. The line towards the end of iosx.ijs is missing a doubled quote. The line should be: s=. <'load''~addons/ide/ios/iosx.ijs''',LF This will be corrected when placed on the wiki. Meanwhile, if interested please persevere and try the so

Re: [Jprogramming] J iOS anniversary - June 17 - files inline rather than attached

2013-06-11 Thread Raul Miller
D66F852D-4897-427B-85DD-44D3B2F8C33D looks like a GUID -- essentially a 128 bit arbitrary bit string. I imagine Apple uses them because they can be generated wherever and then combined with others with a high degree of certainty that they are unique. -- Raul On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 12:33 PM,

Re: [Jprogramming] J iOS anniversary - June 17 - files inline rather than attached

2013-06-11 Thread J. Patrick Harrington
J iOS is a great application that I use all the time - basically it lets you write your own apps. I kept the old "test-flight" beta on my iPhone 4S for ease of file transfers until they killed it last month. It was a relief that, when I installed J from the app store, the files from the beta were

[Jprogramming] J iOS anniversary - June 17 - files inline rather than attached

2013-06-10 Thread Eric Iverson
J iOS (iPhone/iPad/iPod) has been at the app store for nearly a year now. It has been installed more than 4000 times and the install rate is steady! Moving content (scripts) between desktop/iOS has been a nuisance. The only Apple approved method is copy/paste. A bug and a mail client misunderstan

Re: [Jprogramming] J iOS anniversary - June 17

2013-06-10 Thread Eric Iverson
Of course. How many times do I have to learn this. I will reformat the message and put the files inline (they are quite small) and users will have to copy/paste. Eventually at the wiki this will be a bit nicer. Thanks for catching this so early! On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 7:30 PM, bill lam wrote: >

Re: [Jprogramming] J iOS anniversary - June 17

2013-06-10 Thread bill lam
J forum normally discard attachments. Did you see the email of your sent copy instead of what is bounced from mailman? My mua id mutt. Пн, 10 июн 2013, Eric Iverson писал(а): > The 2 ijs files are normal attachments. They show up at the end of my > email reader in chrome and firefox. Do you not

Re: [Jprogramming] J iOS anniversary - June 17

2013-06-10 Thread Eric Iverson
The 2 ijs files are normal attachments. They show up at the end of my email reader in chrome and firefox. Do you not see them? It not, what email client are you using? On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 7:13 PM, bill lam wrote: > Where can I find the attachments jt.ijs and iosx.ijs? > > Пн, 10 июн 2013, Eri

Re: [Jprogramming] J iOS anniversary - June 17

2013-06-10 Thread Eric Iverson
The 2 ijs files are normal attachments. They show up at the end of my email reader in chrome and firefox. Do you not see them? It not, what email client are you using? On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 7:13 PM, bill lam wrote: > Where can I find the attachments jt.ijs and iosx.ijs? > > Пн, 10 июн 2013, Eri

Re: [Jprogramming] J iOS anniversary - June 17

2013-06-10 Thread bill lam
Where can I find the attachments jt.ijs and iosx.ijs? Пн, 10 июн 2013, Eric Iverson писал(а): > J iOS (iPhone/iPad/iPod) has been at the app store for nearly a year now. > > It has been installed more than 4000 times and the install rate is steady! > > Moving content (scripts) between desktop/iO

[Jprogramming] J iOS anniversary - June 17

2013-06-10 Thread Eric Iverson
J iOS (iPhone/iPad/iPod) has been at the app store for nearly a year now. It has been installed more than 4000 times and the install rate is steady! Moving content (scripts) between desktop/iOS has been a nuisance. The only Apple approved method is copy/paste. A bug and a mail client misunderstan