Re: [Bug-apl] Announce: APL function editor written in APL

[Blake McBride]

Greetings,

I took your advice and designed my own keyboard.  I have to say, deciding what characters to include is a challenge.  The ISO (2000) standard is clear about what characters are available on page 12, but nearly all other references include various and different additional characters (squad, diaeresis dot, quad jot, quad slope, etc.).  Are any of those used or planned to be used?

I will supply my keyboard SVG file in case anyone else wants it.

Thanks.

Blake

On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 12:11 AM, Elias Mårtenson <address@hidden> wrote:

I'd suggest you get a keyboard here: http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/

Not only are they keyboards nice (I have one). They also allow you to design the keycaps exactly as you want to. You can even upload the exact graphics you want.

Regards,

Elias

On 3 June 2014 13:09, Blake McBride <address@hidden> wrote:

Thanks.  I need a new keyboard.  Not only does the Unicomp keyboard not have those two functions, it's missing others too.

What do you recommend?

Thanks.

Blake

On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 11:44 PM, Elias Mårtenson <address@hidden> wrote:

It's a primitive function. They are described in section 10.2.17 and 10.2.18 of the standard.

Regards,

Elias

On 3 June 2014 12:04, Blake McBride <address@hidden> wrote:

On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 10:55 PM, Chris Jones <address@hidden> wrote:

On Mon, Jun 02, 2014 at 11:05:01PM EDT, Blake McBride wrote:


> Thanks.  That operator is not on my keyboard, and cutting-and-pasting
> it into GNU APL (unless I am making a mistake) doesn't accept it
> either.

Per the output of ]keyb you would need to hit the quote key (left of
enter) on a US keyboard + whatever modifier you use to produce APL
symbold.

> Am I missing something (like a better keyboard)?  Is that a standard
> (IBM defined) operator?

Not sure if it's a primitive function or an operator. I see it briefly
mentioned as "left tack" p. 474 in Appendix A of the APL2 Language
Reference.

That manual lists those _characters_ but does not associate any operation to it.  I think it is not an IBM APL 2 operator.

 

CJ