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This document describes soliton APL and uses UTF-8 encoding
when editing this document first set:
export LC_ALL=utf-8
then
kedit apl-soliton.txt
or use bash script soliton-notes.sh
use KAPL fonts in kedit with utf-8 encoding
sax.sh run soliton APL
)sesm trans keyw #
transliterations must be proceeded by a # character
note that apl-8 must be used for transliterations
e.g. v #is 1 2 3 4 5
Ìavm displays current mapping in use
Ìpp print precision
Ìps controls position and spacing (default is ¢1 ¢1 0 1)
Ìps û 0 0 ¢2 ¢2
boxes enclosed arrays
Ìpw printing width
Ìruns report running tasks
ÌSYSVER reports system version
ÌUSERID report user id
) recall previous line of apl
)edit test
edit function test
)save test
save function test
)help display system commands
)clear erase workspace
)keys display key mappings
)fns list all functions in workspace
)libs display library numbers and directory paths
)load /home/cubeman/test.ws
load a workspace
)load 1 toolkit
load sharp toolkit
arabic 'xxiv' returns base 10 equivalent
roman 23 returns roman numeral equivalent
easter 1997 returns date of easter for 1997
3 hfd 100 return hex equivalent from decimal numbers to 3 digits
e.g. 064
frame array
date displays date
moonphase mm dd yyy
triangle 8 print a triangle
time display time
vi '45 apple twinkie 0'
returns valid numeric input, e.g. 1 0 0 1
)load 1 aplascii
)load 1 pc108
)load 1 if
)load 1 socket
)load 1 unix
)load 1 wstransfer
)off terminate apl session
)save test1
save current workspace as test1.sw in home directory
'sapl.version' Ìbind 'ver'
Ìps û -1 1 3 3
ver ''
returns version information box
diamond operator acts like a separator, e.g
v û 1 þ w û 1
vû1 2 3 4 5
v¨1Ùv find elements which differ from first element
returns 0 1 1 1 1
'abc def' û 1 2
assign 1 to abc and assign 2 to def
x û 31 41 59 26 53 58 97 93
0{x returns 31
7{x returns 93
x û < 1 2 3
creates enclosed array
x û (< 1 2 3), (< 4 5 6)
x[1] returns 1 2 3
x[2] returns 4 5 6
+/>x returns 6 15
0@x returns 1 2 3
1@x returns 4 5 6
(>x[1]) + (>x[2])
returns 5 7 9
a û 1 2 3
b û 4 5 6
c û 7 8 9
x û ØaØbØc
x is assigned the enclosed values of a b and c
Òx returns 3
x û 1, 's'
creates heterogeneous array
x û 3 3 Ò É9
ÒÒx returns 2
ÒÒ x û < 'now is the time'
returns 0
77 ^ 11 returns 77 or the least common multiple
77 © 11 returns 11 or the greatest common divisor
2/-4 5 returns ¢4 ¢4 ¢5 ¢5
x û 5 7 9
b û 1 2 3 , ¡>x
returns 1 5 2 7 3 9
>b returns 1 5
2 7
3 9
newline û 10@Ìav
z û (É paw 0 ) 1 2 3
returns 1 0 0
1 2 0
1 2 3
Çprime1[Ì]Ç display function prime1 (this is the same for apl\360)
⌹2 the reciprocal is returned if
the right argument to matrix inverse is a number
keys
----
remember to use )keys to display key mappings
alt ' Ý left
alt ; Û right
alt [ û assign
alt shift c ã comment
alt shift e å find
alt shift f ½ depth
alt shift y ´ yen
alt shift j paw
alt shift . delta with underline
alt shift + ⌹ quad-divide or domino
alt i iota
alt r Ò shape
alt g Ç del
alt h È delta
alt x Ø conditional enclose
alt 1 ¡ under or with
alt 9 © or
alt 0
left alt m magnitude
left shift [ {
left shift ] }
< enclose
> disclose
full screen editor
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)edit test
edit function test
tab q exit editor
tab z write
Note that using Ç isn't necessary when using the full screen editor
toolkit features
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once the toolkit is loaded via ')load 1 toolkit'
many variables are set to display tutorials such as:
howhfd hex equivalent of integers <d> to <n> hex positions
howmatrix explains function matrix
howmoonphase compute phase of moon <r> for dates <d> = (mm dd yyyy style)
)lib functions
--------------
prime1
pascal
observations
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run rc_local.sax as root if necessary
this activates the Network Shared Variable Processor (NSVP)
should say 'SVP initialization complete'
operators have higher precedence than functions
soliton APL uses xterm so the user must check things like
.Xdefaults to ensure that font settings are not over-ridden
switching from openapl to soliton apl is problematic,
it is necessary to xmodmap usapl.txt to set keyboard correctly
an array that contains enclosed elements is called a nested array
variable names can start with È
a singleton is an array containing exactly one element