Hi Blake, I tried several of the suggested methods, but nothing works for me, except akt.
However akt refuses to exit, after I leave APL with ")OFF". I still have issues with APL character output. I couldn't get xterm and uxterm to work. Instead I installed rxvt-unicode. Interestingly, uxrvt refuses to display the iota (ι) character, unless I set "URxvt*letterSpace: -10" in my .Xdefaults . Still frustrated..... Alexander Am 28. April 2020 02:42:03 MESZ schrieb Blake McBride <blake1...@gmail.com>: >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 -- You have zero privacy anyway. Get over it. Scott McNealy 1999
