APLNext Beta 9.5
APLNext Beta 9.5 was release last week.
One of the new features is the ability to use the left side ALT key to type APL characters. However this feature is only available when editing source files (.cv) and on the Cielo Explorer session (not when editing scripts).
But this feature comes with some side effects:
- Because we want to be good citizens we let the ALT key go thru if it is not mapped to an APL character. The side effect is that you may get a Visual Studio menu or window pop up when pressing a wrong combination.
- The APL characters are mapped to the keyboard KeyCode, not the keyboard key location. For example: enclose is map to ALT+Z not to the left most character on the bottom row of characters on your keyboard.
- Since APLNext is integrated with Visual Studio, if something/somebody gets the ALT key before Visual Studio, APLNext won't be able to type the APL character.
Remember that on the Cielo Explorer Session you can type Ctrl+K, Ctrl+O to get Intellisense on the APL characters. This feature will be available when editing the source files on Beta 9.6.
Intellisense is getting better every day, next on the list are support for inherited members. I will not commit to a date right now but I will keep you posted.