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- Copyright (c) 1990 1991, Iverson Software Inc. All rights reserved.
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- Please also read the documents in directory !J.Docs.
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- J for the Archimedes.
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- The !J application is an implementation of J for the Archimedes.
- Double-click on the !J icon to start J. An icon will appear on the icon bar,
- and a J Session window will appear on the desktop, ready for input.
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- J Session window menu
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- Info About this program.
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- Record Drag the icon to a filer window to begin recording the session.
- If ticked, click to end recording.
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- Save Save WS or session
- WS Drag the icon to a filer window to save the current J workspace.
- Session Drag the icon to a filer window to save the contents of the
- J Session window.
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- Select This submenu works just like !Edit's.
- Save Drag the icon to a filer window or to another application to save
- the current selection.
- Copy
- Move
- Delete
- Clear
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- Wrap Click to toggle line-wrap.
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- Quit Quit J. WARNING: all unsaved work will be lost.
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- Closing this window does not end the session. The window may be re-opened by
- clicking on the J icon on the icon bar.
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- J Session window
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- To enter a J sentence, type a line at the end of the session window followed
- by Return.
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- To recall an earlier line, move the cursor to it by clicking the mouse or
- using the cursor keys, and press enter once. The line will be copied
- at the end of the session and can be edited. Alternatively, the first edit
- character entered on an earlier line will cause the edited line to be copied
- to the end of the session.
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- Cursor control and editing keys, and mouse control, are similar to those for
- !Edit.
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- Selection facilities (copy, move, delete, clear) are provided.
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- Drop a Text file containing a J script from the filer or from another
- application (eg !Edit) on the J Session window to read the script. Multiple
- files can be selected and dropped.
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- Drop a Data file containing a J workspace icon on the J Session window to
- load the workspace.
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- J Icon menu
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- Info About this program.
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- Restore Restores the J Session window.
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- New session Start a new J session.
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- Quit Quit J. WARNING: all unsaved work will be lost.
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- J Icon
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- Drop a Text file containing a J script from the filer or from another
- application (eg !Edit) on the J Icon to start a new J Session and read the
- script. Multiple files can be selected and dropped to start multiple
- sessions, if there is enough memory.
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- Drop a Data file containing a J workspace icon on the J Icon to start a new
- J session and load the workspace.
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- !J.Profile
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- If a Text script file called Profile exists in the !J application directory,
- it will be read in when J starts.
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- J command
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- J may be started from a command line.
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- J [-v]
- Start a vanilla J session using the full screen. No session manager is
- loaded and standard BBC text editing must be used.
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- J -d[nnn] [-s<script>] [-w<workspace>]
- Start a desktop J session.
- -dnnn Set the session buffer size to nnn bytes (default 16384).
- -s<script> Read the given Text script file instead of !J.Profile.
- -w<workspace> Load the given Data workspace file insead of !J.Profile.
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- Paul Chapman
- 1991 10 25
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