This community is for APL, mainly Dyalog APL, and APL-like languages (e.g. J, K and Q). However, array programming in any language (e.g. NumPy, Julia, and MatLab) is on topic, especially if in comparison to APLs.

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Anonymous 12959 — Thursday, 23rd May 2024 10:07

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Razetime — Wednesday, 10th Mar 2021 06:11

oh, thanks

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Adám replying to Razetime — Wednesday, 10th Mar 2021 05:41

Just open the post and click the tag to remove it.

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Razetime replying to Adám — Wednesday, 10th Mar 2021 02:46

I mean, delete existing tags

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Razetime — Wednesday, 10th Mar 2021 01:52

Oh, thanks.

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Adám replying to Razetime — Tuesday, 9th Mar 2021 19:10

Leave a comment saying you want it deleted, then flag your comment.

Adám replying to Razetime — Tuesday, 9th Mar 2021 19:10

No, they are stand-alone informative articles.

Adám replying to Razetime — Tuesday, 9th Mar 2021 19:09

Open the post and click “add tag”

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Razetime — Tuesday, 9th Mar 2021 17:15

Also, how do I delete a [wiki] post?

Razetime — Tuesday, 9th Mar 2021 17:14

can people answer [wiki] questions?

Razetime — Tuesday, 9th Mar 2021 17:14

how do I change the tags of a post?

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prabhjot drake — Sunday, 28th Feb 2021 10:58

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Adám — Monday, 21st Dec 2020 19:52

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Adám replying to Jack Douglas — Wednesday, 16th Dec 2020 19:41

No, it is premature. The community is figuring out what to do. I was just keeping APL.TA informed 😃

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Jack Douglas replying to Adám — Wednesday, 16th Dec 2020 19:20

Shall we switch the site logo to that? I wonder if the grid lines will need to be thicker to be visible in the smaller size, but we could try it and see…

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Adám — Wednesday, 16th Dec 2020 19:05

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Adám — Wednesday, 16th Dec 2020 19:05

After lots of feedback, including that the font isn’t serious enough, and that a grid design would allude to arrays:

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Adám — Tuesday, 15th Dec 2020 01:53

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Adám — Tuesday, 15th Dec 2020 01:53

A few variations for various purposes:

Adám — Tuesday, 15th Dec 2020 01:53

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Adám — Tuesday, 15th Dec 2020 01:53

Been playing around with a logo for APL:

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Adám replying to Jack Douglas — Saturday, 12th Dec 2020 22:51

Beautiful. Thanks!

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Jack Douglas replying to Adám — Saturday, 12th Dec 2020 10:23

I’ve added BQN386 and set the defaults as you suggested

Jack Douglas — Saturday, 12th Dec 2020 10:13

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Jack Douglas replying to Bubbler — Thursday, 3rd Dec 2020 16:43

I’ve added a ‘Code Review’ question type:
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Adám replying to Bubbler — Thursday, 3rd Dec 2020 06:44

I think everything APL-related is on-topic.

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Bubbler — Thursday, 3rd Dec 2020 06:18

Is a code review question on-topic here (if it’s written in APL)?

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Marshall Lochbaum — Sunday, 29th Nov 2020 20:57

It might also be nice to have some sort of non-blocking reminder about how to write code blocks display if a user types text with APL glyphs not in code.

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Adám — Sunday, 29th Nov 2020 20:42

Segoe UI Symbol is actually very good for APL and almost all of BQN, but isn’t free 😦

Adám replying to Marshall Lochbaum — Sunday, 29th Nov 2020 20:35

True, but fallbacks should kick in. The important thing is to use a font that has ≢.

Marshall Lochbaum replying to Adám — Sunday, 29th Nov 2020 20:29

DejaVu Sans seems to have very poor APL support, with my copy missing even basics like ⌽⌿⌷⎕.

Adám — Sunday, 29th Nov 2020 20:21

@Jack Right, then I think DejaVu Sans + BQN386 will be best as DejaVu Sans will at least render APL acceptably when people forget to markdown their code, and BQN386 (being almost identical to APL385) will look most familiar, since the site is mainly Dyalog focused, and APL385 is Dyalog’s go-to font.

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Marshall Lochbaum — Sunday, 29th Nov 2020 20:02

It’s less of a problem to fall back in ordinary text, since the possible change in widths won’t look so strange.

Marshall Lochbaum replying to Adám — Sunday, 29th Nov 2020 20:00

I don’t know of any. I haven’t looked into proportional fonts at all.

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Adám — Sunday, 29th Nov 2020 19:43

@Marshall Any proportional font that has acceptable rendering for BQN?

Jack Douglas — Sunday, 29th Nov 2020 19:39

We can add (suitably licensed) fonts no problem, and anyone can change their own font choices. The main question for you to decide is just what font is the default for new users…

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Marshall Lochbaum — Sunday, 29th Nov 2020 15:58

I think so, but it’s something to be aware of.

Adám replying to Marshall Lochbaum — Sunday, 29th Nov 2020 15:57

Doesn’t that only make it better for APL?

Marshall Lochbaum — Sunday, 29th Nov 2020 15:55

And I may as well link the BQN font comparison page to possibly save readers some downloads.

Marshall Lochbaum — Sunday, 29th Nov 2020 15:54

Things to note about DejaVu BQN Sans Mono (hosted here) are that it has no bold or italic version, and it changes some APL characters to align better. So it’s not entirely a drop-in replacement.

Adám — Sunday, 29th Nov 2020 15:51

Maybe also replace DejaVu Sans Mono with the BQN version?

Adám replying to Marshall Lochbaum — Sunday, 29th Nov 2020 15:49

BQN386 is just as good for APL as APL385, so maybe we can simply switch that one out. And sure, I’m happy about adding more fonts.

RikedyP replying to Marshall Lochbaum — Sunday, 29th Nov 2020 15:47

+←1 I’ve started using Fairfax HD and quite like it

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Marshall Lochbaum — Sunday, 29th Nov 2020 15:36

Regarding fonts, can we add options to support plain monospace/serif/sans-serif, and either BQN386 or Fairfax HD? In my wild optimism I’m hoping some people will use BQN here, and in that case they’ll want an option that supports BQN characters like 𝕩⎉⥊.

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Anonymous 1678 — Sunday, 29th Nov 2020 15:15

Cool

RikedyP — Sunday, 29th Nov 2020 15:15
tio
RikedyP — Sunday, 29th Nov 2020 15:15

You can also execute APL with a single backtick

RikedyP replying to Anonymous 1678 — Sunday, 29th Nov 2020 15:14

Pretty much, but you can create threads which have their own chats by asking a question in the left pane

Anonymous 1678 — Sunday, 29th Nov 2020 15:13

is this chat room like the SE one?

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