Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

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/cdb8b0b3936ab965213748813b6...


Thank-you. Any thoughts on the layout below versus the others listed?

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


It 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.


huh, can you not use the Xkb APL symbols file?

I thought that compose definitions as well as the shifted layout…


You can and most do but some people go other routes for one reason or another.

https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Typing_glyphs




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: