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- Copyright (c) 1990 1991, Iverson Software Inc. All rights
- reserved.
-
- Please also read the documents in directory !J.Docs.
-
- J for the Archimedes.
-
- 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.
-
- J Session window menu
- ---------------------
-
- Info About this program.
-
- Record Drag the icon to a filer window to begin recording the
- session.
- If ticked, click to end recording.
-
- 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.
-
- 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
-
- Wrap Click to toggle line-wrap.
-
- Quit Quit J. WARNING: all unsaved work will be lost.
-
- Closing this window does not end the session. The window may be
- re-opened by clicking on the J icon on the icon bar.
-
- J Session window
- ----------------
-
- To enter a J sentence, type a line at the end of the session
- window followed by Return.
-
- 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.
-
- Cursor control and editing keys, and mouse control, are similar to
- those for !Edit.
-
- Selection facilities (copy, move, delete, clear) are provided.
-
- 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.
-
- Drop a Data file containing a J workspace icon on the J Session
- window to load the workspace.
-
- J Icon menu
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-
- Info About this program.
-
- Restore Restores the J Session window.
-
- New session Start a new J session.
-
- Quit Quit J. WARNING: all unsaved work will be lost.
-
- J Icon
- ------
-
- 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.
-
- Drop a Data file containing a J workspace icon on the J Icon to
- start a new J session and load the workspace.
-
- !J.Profile
- ----------
-
- If a Text script file called Profile exists in the !J application
- directory, it will be read in when J starts.
-
- J command
- ---------
-
- J may be started from a command line.
-
- J [-v]
- Start a vanilla J session using the full screen. No session manager is
- loaded and standard BBC text editing must be used.
-
- 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.
-
- Paul Chapman
- 1991 10 25
-