APL, Posting APL2 in Unicode

Posting APL2 in Unicode

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David Liebta #1 / 6	Posting APL2 in Unicode This post is for APL2 users who would like to use APL characters in their posts. APL2 does not use Unicode in the session manager and object editor so you can't simply copy and paste code from the development environment. But it's easy with a few simple functions: )COPY 2 GUITOOLS SVOFFER SET_PROPERTY GET_PROPERTY SAVED 2002-01-08 18.39.24 (GMT-5) [0] UNICOPY VOFV;SV145 [1] ?ES(2145 SVOFFER 'SV145')/'SHARE FAILED' [2] 'CLIPBOARD UNICODE DATA' SET_PROPERTY 1 VOFV [0] VOFVUNIPASTE;SV145 [1] ?ES(2145 SVOFFER 'SV145')/'SHARE FAILED' [2] VOFV'CLIPBOARD UNICODE DATA' GET_PROPERTY 1 To place APL characters in a post, use UNICOPY to copy a vector of character vectors to the clipboard. Then, paste the data into your post. Format the data using a Unicode font containing APL characters. APL2 is supplied with such a font; it is called Courier APL2 Unicode. Microsoft Office also includes such a font. It is called Lucida Sans Unicode. (You need to install Office's national language support to get this font.) Once your post is ready, send it using the UTF-8 encoding. To copy APL characters from a post into your workspace, copy the post's text to the clipboard and then use UNIPASTE to paste it into the workspace. UNIPASTE returns a vector of character vectors. David Liebtag IBM APL Products and Services
Mon, 28 Jun 2004 12:39:50 GMT

Ted Edward #2 / 6	Posting APL2 in Unicode Quote: > +/v8APAAh-DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC +ACI--//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 > ... Whatever that was, it's complete gibberish here. Ted
Tue, 29 Jun 2004 01:45:38 GMT

David Liebta #3 / 6	Posting APL2 in Unicode Sigh. Yes, Nancy Wheeler pointed out that her news reader software wouldn't show it either. I made the mistake of making the post using Outlook which insisted on formatting it in rich text which apparently a lot of tools can't deal with. I meant to send it in Html which more tools would be able to display. Sorry. David Liebtag IBM APL Products and Services
Tue, 29 Jun 2004 11:57:04 GMT

Ted Edward #4 / 6	Posting APL2 in Unicode Quote: > I meant to send it in Html which more tools would be able to display. While this is true, caution is advised. Many ISPs will drop a newsgroup with binary and/or HTML postings since these take considerably more file space. Ted
Wed, 30 Jun 2004 02:47:03 GMT

Jerry Kozin #5 / 6	Posting APL2 in Unicode The apl characters were fine on w2k using outlook express.
Wed, 30 Jun 2004 14:51:42 GMT

Bob Hoekstr #6 / 6	Posting APL2 in Unicode Quote: >>I meant to send it in Html which more tools would be able to display. > While this is true, caution is advised. Many ISPs will drop a newsgroup > with binary and/or HTML postings since these take considerably more file > space. This is true. Furthermore, may I ask for a little caution to try and ensure that the postings are readable by those not using Mickeysoft operating systems? While I am forced by the pressure of market reality to maintain access to at least one such OS, I don't read news on it. DL's original post didn't look too bad, although there were some errors when viewed on Solaris 8 with the Netscape 6.1 news reader. -- -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GO/! d- s++:+ a+ C++(++++) US+++$ P+++ L++ E--- W++ N++ w--- O- V- PS+ PE+ Y+ PGP- t+ 5++ X R* tv+ b+ DI++ D G e(*) h++/-- r+++ y? ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ ----------------------------------------------------- Bob Hoekstra: APL & Unix Consultant Tele: +44 (0)1483 771028 http://www.HoekstraSystems.com -----------------------------------------------------
Fri, 02 Jul 2004 01:09:42 GMT

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