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Re: APL and J

Postby alexeyv on Mon Feb 19, 2018 9:29 pm

JohnS|Dyalog wrote:
... as a Dvorak user on Mac I've designed my APL layout with Ukelele application.

Hi Alexey. I'd be interested in seeing your Dvorak layout for APL characters.
See: https://dfns.dyalog.com/n_dvorak.htm
John


Oh that is very interesting! My layout was based on mnemonics and accessibility of the symbols I use most, and as well the simplicity to learn.

See 2 images attached. One is the normal Dvorak layout (without and with Shift modifier) and another one with the Alt(Option) (with and without Shift modifier) key pressed, to enter APL characters.
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Dvorak OSX with Alt - APL characters
dvorak-apl_normal.png
Dvorak OSX normal layout
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Re: APL and J

Postby JohnS|Dyalog on Tue Feb 20, 2018 7:21 am

Nice, Alexey - thank you. I understand your layout: ⍳ is on I; ⍴ is on R; etc. Some years ago, I tried to learn Dvorak, peaking at around 25wpm, but this has now faded back down to nothing through lack of practice. I find this little Dvorak-typing video soothing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5CeNunbHto
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Re: APL and J

Postby Adam|Dyalog on Sun Feb 25, 2018 8:09 pm

To aid in remembering the layout, I've created these US and UK mnemonics' charts based on the (Danish) mnemonics my father taught me:

US: https://i.snag.gy/Ts5woi.jpg

UK: https://i.snag.gy/KgJpab.jpg
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