abrudz
commented
7 years ago PC-DOS 7.0 included a REXX IDE that had a command line. The IDE had menus too, but selecting things from the menu would in many cases just put the appropriate command on the command line. Maybe we could do something similar:
- File
- New:
)CLEAR - Save
)SAVE - Rename (does not save):
)WSID - Load (run latent expression):
)LOAD - Load (no latent expression):
)XLOAD - Drop (delete):
)DROP - Edit text file:
)ED - Save as CONTINUE and exit:
)CONTINUE - Exit:
)OFF
- New:
- Session
- Open:
2 ⎕NQ '⎕SE' 'FileRead' - Save:
2 ⎕NQ '⎕SE' 'FileWrite' - Boxed display >
- Disable:
]Box off - Enable (not for function output)
]Box on fns=off - Enable (even for function output):
]Box on -fns=on - Style >
- Compact:
]Box on -style=min - Intermediate:
]Box on -style=mid - Detailed:
]Box on -style=max
- Compact:
- Display of trains >
- Tree structure:
]Box on -trains=tree - Boxed:
]Box on -trains=box - Parenthesised:
]Box on -trains=parens
- Tree structure:
- Open:
etc.
JohnScholes
e9gille
Describe the issue you are having
I had two people from a german APL-related group (not APL Germany) start using RIDE (under Linux) in their attempts to learn Dyalog. One of the comments they made referred to the way the menu is used and when looking at it with the eyes of a beginner, they are absolutely right in this: there is no File/Save to save the ws (or File/Load). Besides, they complained about "Mastering Dyalog APL" explaining them how to manipulate the toolbar when they do not even have a toolbar! (a) perhaps the next revision of the book should have some remarks about platforms used! (b) an ODE-Style toolbar would certainly be nice for RIDE. Perhaps V5???
Did you connect to an already running interpreter or start the interpreter from RIDE?
Start an interpreter.
How do you reproduce the issue?
Take newbie, make him use RIDE under Linux to learn Dyalog ;-)