Hi Alexander, I know what you mean. I initially went through too much myself getting it all to work. Eventually, David Lamkins wrote a simple program called AKT. It does all the translation for you. I now use GNU APL on Linux with zero special configuration. It just works. I can't speak for BSD, but BSD also runs X11 so it may work fine. AKT is now available at https://github.com/blakemcbride/akt
There are several alternative approaches. They're all in the docs. I've used a couple and they work too. Good luck! Blake On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 6:00 PM Alexander Shendi (Web.DE) < alexander.she...@web.de> wrote: > Dear List, > > I feel seriously intellectually challenged. I have compiled gnu apl under > NetBSD (SVN-1271) and all went fine. > > But I'm just not up to configuring the X Window System to support APL > input and output. These are the steps I've taken so far: > 1. set the locale to en_US. UTF-8 (by setting LC_ALL=en_US. UTF-8). > 2. Compile the file trunk/ > support-files/old-Keyboard/apl.xkm resulting in a file apl.xkb in the > current directory. > 3. Try to configure the keyboard. A sample session looks like: (see > attached typescript). > 4. I have not even attempted to add the APL fonts to a font directory. > More fun. > > Is there any guide on doing this? ELI5, preferably in words of one > syllable or less. > > Or should I give up on APL altogether? > > With frustrated salutations, > > -- Alexander > > -- > You have zero privacy anyway. Get over it. > > Scott McNealy 1999
