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I worked with GNU APL for a while and really liked it. It's also possible to extend it with the C foreign function interface (FFI). The best way I found to inpu
by smartmic 1y ago
I worked with GNU APL for a while and really liked it. It's also possible to extend it with the C foreign function interface (FFI). The best way I found to input the APL2 symbols with my normal keyboard was with a customized XCompose definition where the input chords are mnemonics of the actual symbols: https://gist.github.com/smartmic/cdb8b0b3936ab965213748813b619114 https://gist.github.com/smartmic/cdb8b0b3936ab965213748813b6...
- bear8642 1y agohuh, can you not use the Xkb APL symbols file? I thought that compose definitions as well as the shifted layout…
- ofalkaed 1y agoYou can and most do but some people go other routes for one reason or another. https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Typing_glyphs https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Typing_glyphs
- turtleyacht 1y agoThank-you. Any thoughts on the layout below versus the others listed? https://www.pckeyboard.com/page/product/USAPLSET https://www.pckeyboard.com/page/product/USAPLSET I've got some notes on setting up input on OpenBSD as well. It enables Left Ctrl and Left Alt for APL symbols, but also a Unicode escape hatch with Right Alt and Caps Lock: https://github.com/turtleyacht/ap-el-kb.github.io https://github.com/turtleyacht/ap-el-kb.github.io
- ofalkaed 1y agoIt looks to be the standard Dyalog APL keyset, which will be just fine for GnuAPL and most if not all APLs but not all languages of the APL family.