From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 11390f,4c42ac518eba0bbe X-Google-Attributes: gid11390f,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,4c42ac518eba0bbe X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: randy@godin.on.ca (Randy MacDonald) Subject: Re: APL argument Date: 1997/10/28 Message-ID: <633o8v$6rb$1@news.on>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 285451416 References: <343fbb5a.0@news.iprolink.ch> <344BCED0.2D51@dynamite.com.au> <344F0863.41C6@lmco.com> <3451AA9D.259C@dynamite.com.au> <62te54$p4l$1@latte.cafe.net> <3454CEB7.7D3A42B8@acm.org> <3454DCF7.4D05@pseserv3.fw.hac.com> Organization: Godin London Incorporated Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.apl Date: 1997-10-28T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <3454DCF7.4D05@pseserv3.fw.hac.com>, "W. Wesley Groleau x4923" wrote: >> a. APL still requires an oddball character set. I am now on week 9 of >> my latest effort of trying to make a Type 1 PostScript APL font work >> for getting my thesis into .pdf format. I'd be suprised if this hasn't been solved, over and over. If you could detail the nature of your problems, perhaps a cla'er has some suggestions... >Even when it looks OK on screen, without an APL keyboard, >it takes a while to train your mind and fingers what's what. This "while" is vastly overemphasized in importance, and is not even comparable to the effort of learning qwerty in the first place. Most APL implementations allow for a "union" keyboard, where ASCII gets top billing and the APL characters are tucked away behind the Alt- state. Once you remember that quad is Alt-L, jot is Alt-J (like that would be tough), rho is Alt+R, et cetera, you are pretty much back in business. I haven't used keycaps since the 80's. >Time to start editing your newsgroups lines!!! -- |\/| Randy A MacDonald | Bring me... BLUE PAGES!!!! |\\| randy@godin.on.ca | BSc(Math) UNBF '83 | APL: If you can say it, it's done. Natural Born APL'er | *** GLi Info: info@godin.on.ca *** | Also http://www.godin.on.ca/randy ------------------------------------------------<-NTP>----{ gnat }-