ljdickey@watmath.waterloo.edu (L.J.Dickey) (02/23/91)
J, Version 2.9 and other APL Software at Waterloo Several implementations of J, Version 2.9, are now available on the file server watserv1.waterloo.edu also known as 129.97.129.140 at the University of Waterloo. In the directory "languages/apl/j", anonymous ftp users will find J for these systems: atari_st mips sgi sun4 Earlier releases of J are available for certain other systems: vax_bsd sun386i next pc mac An index showing all files available is "languages/apl/j/index". As new versions of J become available, this index will be updated. Another flavor of APL, called "ratapl" is available. Two APL fonts (or folios) may be obtained. One, a postscript line font called "APL2741", was derived from scanned images from an ancient 2741 golfball terminal equiped with an APL typing element. The other font is an X-windows font. Currently, this service is being provided on an experimental basis, and there are no promises that it will continue on a long term basis, nor is there any warantee of serviceability or completeness of the software distributed from watserv1. It is hoped that eventually there will be a mail server for the same range of software to those who have e-mail access but no ftp access, but a userid for this mail service has not been announced yet. In the meantime, users who do not have ftp but who do have e-mail may find the service "BITFTP at PUCC" helpfull. For example this mail message To: bitftp@pucc.bitnet FTP watserv1.waterloo.edu UUENCODE USER anonymous CD languages/apl BINARY GET index QUIT was successful in acquiring the index.
shenkin@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Peter S. Shenkin) (02/25/91)
In article <1991Feb22.172035.18059@watmath.waterloo.edu> ljdickey@watmath.waterloo.edu (L.J.Dickey) writes: > >Several implementations of J, Version 2.9, are now available >on the file server > > watserv1.waterloo.edu > also known as 129.97.129.140 ... > sgi Oh boy! I just got J and put it up on my personal Iris (4d25tg, IRIX 3.2.1). I do intend to send in my $24, become a registered user and get the printed manual, but in the meantime, could some kind soul please tell me how to use these tutorial.js and tut/tut??.js files? Are they special J files that are to be invoked somehow from within J? If so, how? If not, how are they used? I tried "j < tutorial.js", and this prints the line "J Tutorial", then immediately exits. Other attempts, from within J, failed in more obvious ways. Suggestion to the Powers That Be: You might add a line to readme.doc, telling how to get started with the tutorial; I suppose a man page is too much to ask for :-) . -P. ************************f*u*cn*rd*ths*u*cn*gt*a*gd*jb************************** Peter S. Shenkin, Department of Chemistry, Barnard College, New York, NY 10027 (212)854-1418 shenkin@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu(Internet) shenkin@cunixf(Bitnet) ***"In scenic New York... where the third world is only a subway ride away."***
dean@gacvx2.gac.edu (02/25/91)
In article <1991Feb24.200545.21350@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>, shenkin@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Peter S. Shenkin) writes: > In article <1991Feb22.172035.18059@watmath.waterloo.edu> ljdickey@watmath.waterloo.edu (L.J.Dickey) writes: .... deleted stuff > Oh boy! I just got J and put it up on my personal Iris (4d25tg, IRIX 3.2.1). > I do intend to send in my $24, become a registered user and get the printed > manual, but in the meantime, could some kind soul please tell me how to > use these tutorial.js and tut/tut??.js files? Are they special J files > that are to be invoked somehow from within J? If so, how? If not, how > are they used? > > I tried "j < tutorial.js", and this prints the line "J Tutorial", then > immediately exits. Other attempts, from within J, failed in more obvious > ways. The .js files are (apparently) the J equivalent of apl workspaces. Look in the rununix.doc file, if you picked it up in your .tar. It tells how to initiate the tutorial from within J. I haven't yet figured out just _what_ it does, however.....any suggestions??? ...more deleted stuff! ---------- dean kelley
ljdickey@watmath.waterloo.edu (L.J.Dickey) (02/25/91)
In article <1991Feb24.200545.21350@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> shenkin@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Peter S. Shenkin) writes: >... >Suggestion to the Powers That Be: You might add a line to readme.doc, telling >how to get started with the tutorial; I suppose a man page is too much to >ask for :-) . It is my fault that the file "rununix.doc" was not included. I have corrected that. What you can do is this: (1) Start J (2) Within J, type either of the commands: )script 'tutorial.js" )sscript 'tutorial.js" (3) Then type tuorial '' However, I found that for my own purposes, that it was convenient to have a printed page near my screen, so that I could use the printed page as a model for what I typed.
rbe@yrloc.ipsa.reuter.COM (Robert Bernecky) (02/27/91)
To get the J tutorial to run, try this: )script 'tutorial.js' tutorial '' I think that'll do it. It works on my glorious msdos dinosaur. Bob Bob Bernecky Snake Island Research Inc.