[Jprogramming] Jig - an augmented display for jqt in j805 and j806

[R.E. Boss]

Bob,

I think your addon can be rather valuable, here are a few remarks.
First of all, my system hung the first time after I did 'v t8' just before Ctrl J to advance, which apparently also did this. I had to cancel J with the task manager (Win10, J805).
After restarting the Lab and jumping to chapter 6, three times Ctrl J brought me tot End of Lab, which was not my intention. And I got other hang ups in different circumstances, but I'm sorry to have no time to test it.

The fact that the display of Jig is such that I always have to use the sidebars is a nuisance IMO, perhaps you could locate the pop-up screens at the right hand side or enlarge the initial screen.

But what bothers me most is that you shift to much work to me as a user: I have to remember color codes for the different data types (and other mnemonics which I already forgot ...!)
This is a problem which is not unusual. Whereas computers are designed to make life easier, the contrary is achieved (for example you are often requested to use passwords with a lot of non-letters, whereas a long sentence which is easy to remember for humans is a much better password, see also https://xkcd.com/936/). 
So, to be more specific, in the example of t1, why don’t you display 1b; 2; 3j0; 4.0; 5x; 6r1 to indicate the Boolean, integer, complex, floating, extended and rational number?
The only 'problem' is that 1b is an ill-formed number in J, where the others are not, but within the scope of your addon that seems acceptable.

Well, just my 2 cents.


R.E. Boss



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> Subject: [Jprogramming] Jig - an augmented display for jqt in j805 and j806
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> Greetings everyone,
> 
> I have just completed uploading a new addon that I have named Jig. It takes
> the standard J text display and upgrades it to an interactive SVG display that
> allows quick access to type and shape and a host of other information about
> the results of J sentences.
> 
> I have posted a short video (1 minute) demo here:
> https://youtu.be/dK1y_V07214
> 
> Once you have updated using Package Manager you should be able to run it.
> 
> There is also a lab in the 'debug' category that will check that your system is
> running the full version of the QT ide required for web displays like Jig.
> 
> I find it most useful when I have assigned a function key to it as described in
> the second last chapter of the lab. Just make sure that assigning the function
> key does not put you in conflict with any start up scripts that you may be
> running.
> 
> This is my first addon so I hope that I have not made too big a mess of things
> and I look forward to your feedback.
> 
> Cheers, bob
> 
> 
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