SoftwareForDyalog

Since version 11 of Dyalog, code can be saved in UTF8 files on the hard disk. That means that you can use any utility that is able to deal with Unicode. And there are lots of them available on the net.

Here is an overview about those at least one APLer found useful:

File Comparison: CompareIt!

Especially when APL programmers are working in a team, there has to be a good comparison tool. CompareIt! turned out to be the right tool for this. More details about CompareIt!

File- and Directory Management: Total Commander

Looks, tastes and smells like the good old Norton Commander but is a fully functional Windows program. Total Commander is a great piece of software doing a much better job then the Windows Explorer. More details about Total Commander

Emails

Sending and receiving emails free, with lots of space, a simple and easy to understand user web interface able to support even APL characters (UF8)? Use GMail, Googles email solution. After createing an account don't forget to specify UTF-8 as the default encoding scheme (how to configure GoogleMail properly), and you can start to include APL characters into your emails without pain.

http://mail.google.com/mail/

Code Editor: Notepad++

Since UltraEdit died away due to a software desease known as featurities I settled for Notepad++ which so far is fast and handy. Let's hope that it will stay that way for some years to come.

Run Applications as a Service: FireDaemon

If an application is supposed to run automatically after a system is booted, even without a user having logged on, it has to be a service. FireDaemon is a perfect solution for this. More details about FireDaemon

Misc: ClipboardPath

An extension to the Windows context menu that allows you to get the full name of a file into the clipboard. More details about ClipboardPath

Reviewed by Kai Jaeger