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Perl-Users Digest, Issue: 990 Volume: 8
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Perl-Users Digest)
Sun Sep 7 12:07:11 1997
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 97 09:00:28 -0700
From: Perl-Users Digest <Perl-Users-Request@ruby.OCE.ORST.EDU>
To: Perl-Users@ruby.OCE.ORST.EDU (Perl-Users Digest)
Perl-Users Digest Sun, 7 Sep 1997 Volume: 8 Number: 990
Today's topics:
Announce: MailMan Web<->Mail Gateway (free) <rap@endymion.com>
ANNOUNCE: MiniVend V3.02 -- Shopping cart with DBI supp (Mike Heins)
ANNOUNCE: PGPHTML 1.1: a perl script to make PGP signed <Pivari@geocities.com>
ANNOUNCE: X11::Wcl 0.2 and Wcl 2.7.2 (Joseph H. Buehler)
Netscape::History 2.00 (Neil Bowers)
ObjStore CGI support for "Perl Embedded HTML" <pritikin@mindspring.com>
Win32 ALPHA binary distribution released (Bill Middleton)
xisofs v1.2 Perl/Tk interface to mkisofs/cdwrite/cdreco (The Pariah)
Digest Administrivia (Last modified: 8 Mar 97) (Perl-Users-Digest Admin)
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Date: 7 Sep 1997 15:16:07 GMT
From: "Ryan Alyn Porter" <rap@endymion.com>
Subject: Announce: MailMan Web<->Mail Gateway (free)
Message-Id: <5uugfn$nmo$1@nadine.teleport.com>
Announement:
Endymion Corporation's MailMan v1.1 has been posted to the Endymion
Corporation web site (http://www.endymion.com/) at
http://www.endymion.com/portfolio/software/scripts/mailman.htm . The
script is free for anyone to download, no strings attached.
MailMan is a simple script written in Perl5 which uses the CGI protocol to
allow users to read and send email through standard POP3 and SMTP servers
from any form-capable web browser. MailMan presents an interface which is
roughly similar (although much simpler) to the interfaces provided by many
of free Internet email services popping up all over lately. The difference
is that MailMan allows individual sites to own and control their own
private Web<->Mail gateway, without depending upon an outside service.
MailMan is designed for users who are away from their desks, in conjunction
with a 'primary' mail reading program. By default, it does not delete
messages from the server.
The MailMan script is easily installed on any web server and can
communicate with POP3 and SMTP servers which are not necessarily
co-located. The MailMan script is designed to be downloaded and installed
by people with little or no experience with CGI, Perl, POP3, SMTP, etc.
MailMan has no dependencies, it handles SMTP, POP3, and CGI internally so
that there is only one file to download. The only requirements are Perl5
and a CGI-capable web server. MailMan has been tested on both Unix and NT
servers, as well as a wide variety of POP3 and SMTP servers, including the
very strict QMail server.
MailMan can be 'customized' when it is installed, to reflect the look and
feel of a particular web site. It can also be configured in a personalized
mode, which allows users to use their own initialization files, complete
with signatures, preset 'From' lines, and preset server addresses. In this
personalized mode, MailMan can also use the host web server for
authentication by storing the user's POP3 password in an initialization
file on the server, if the user so desires.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ryan Alyn Porter Endymion rap@endymion.com
President Corporation http://www.endymion.com
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Date: 7 Sep 1997 15:21:07 GMT
From: mheins@prairienet.org (Mike Heins)
Subject: ANNOUNCE: MiniVend V3.02 -- Shopping cart with DBI support
Message-Id: <5uugp3$nrg$1@nadine.teleport.com>
Keywords: shopping cart perl script software trolley basket catalog cybercash SQL
ANNOUNCE: MiniVend V3.02 -- Shopping cart with SQL support
MiniVend, based on Vend, Andrew Wilcox's fine shopping cart program, has
come out with a new release, Version 3.02.
It is available at all Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN)
sites in the directory CPAN/authors/id/MIKEH.
See info at:
http://www.minivend.com/minivend/
-------------------------------------------------------------
MiniVend V3.02
Copyright 1996,1997 by Michael J. Heins <mikeh@iac.net>
Largely based on Vend 0.2 Copyright 1995 by Andrew M. Wilcox
<awilcox@world.std.com>
Portions from Vend 0.3 Copyright 1995,1996 by Andrew M. Wilcox
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-------------------------------------------------------------
W H A T ' S N E W
- SQL support for ODBC, and almost any database supported by
Perl's powerful DBI/DBD interface. This includes Oracle, Sybase,
MySQL, mSQL, Solid, Ingres, Informix, PostgreSQL, and several
others.
- Integrated CyberCash support.
- Seamless PGP integration for emailed orders.
- Improved installation.
- Powerful static page building capability.
A B O U T M I N I V E N D
MiniVend is a powerful electronic catalog system (commonly known as a
shopping cart) with fast and easy online ordering. It provides built-in
or SQL database support, SSL security, a search engine, and integrated
real-time transaction support. It rivals even the costliest commercial
systems.
MiniVend 3.0 Features
* Users maintain a "shopping cart" for ordered items
* Multiple independent or shared catalogs allow one server to run
many storefronts or a "mall"
* SSL support means secure and practical credit card ordering
* Complete SQL database support, inluding ODBC, via the powerful
Perl DBI/DBD interface
* Powerful search capability
* PGP support for secure off-site mailing of orders
* Built in support for CyberCash
* Static page building for the best performance
* Multi-server mode for very high capacity on systems with
sufficient memory
* Intelligent cookie support -- browsers that don't accept cookies
will still work fine
* Built-in addressable database support with virtually unlimited
rows and columns and field sizes-- no SQL is required to run
Minivend
* Many, many, other features
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A V A I L A B I L I T Y
A N D
C O M P A T I B I L I T Y
MiniVend has been well-tested on Solaris 2, SunOS, Linux, OSF/Alpha,
HP/UX, BSDI, and FreeBSD. It should work on almost any UNIX with a RELEASE
version of Perl 5.002 or higher that passes the Perl 'make test' 100%.
MiniVend is for UNIX at this point. See the web site for pointers
to an alpha Windows 95/NT version.
BSDI 3.0 has problems with UNIX-domain sockets and MiniVend. You must
use INET mode.
Please let the author know if you have successfully run MiniVend on
any additional platforms -- patches would be appreciated.
The author is very interested in learning your problems with MiniVend,
and is always interested in improving the documentation. (He isn't much
interested in BEING your documentation, though, unless you pay well and
promptly.) Please send comments, well-researched questions, kudos,
and complaints to:
mikeh@minivend.com
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Date: 7 Sep 1997 15:19:09 GMT
From: Fabrizio Pivari <Pivari@geocities.com>
Subject: ANNOUNCE: PGPHTML 1.1: a perl script to make PGP signed web-pages
Message-Id: <5uugld$nq4$1@nadine.teleport.com>
Hi,
I'm glad to announce the version 1.1 of PGPHTML a perl script to make
PGP signed web-pages
After I had read the nice page of Noel Bell (mailto:EJNBell@pobox.com)
"PGP signed web-pages" at http://www.pobox.com/~ejnbell/pgp-www.html,
I thought "nice method but not very simple to use".
For this reason I write a simple perl tool pgphtml to generate PGP
signed web-pages.
What's new with version 1.1:
Check if the files are just PGP signed
Modifies to make simple unpgphtml
This is the URL where you can find the tool
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/3469
Enjoy it!
Send me your suggestions.
Fabrizio Pivari
mailto:Pivari@geocities.com
Home: http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/3469
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Date: 7 Sep 1997 15:17:26 GMT
From: jhpb@altera.gaithersburg.md.us (Joseph H. Buehler)
Subject: ANNOUNCE: X11::Wcl 0.2 and Wcl 2.7.2
Message-Id: <5uugi6$nn8$1@nadine.teleport.com>
I have just uploaded version 0.2 of X11::Wcl and version 2.7.2 of
Wcl to PAUSE.
This module provides an interface to the Widget Creation Library,
allowing rapid prototyping of GUI interfaces by specifying both
widget trees and widget resources using the standard X resource
syntax. Creating an application mainly involves writing the
resource specifications and the PERL callback routines.
The 0.2 CHANGES file is attached.
Joe Buehler
jhpb@sarto.gaithersburg.md.us
release 0.2
-----------
- ported to AIX 3.2.5, AIX 4.2, HPUX 10.10
- Wcl-2.7.2 is a separate tar file, no more Wcl patches included in
this package
- added support for Xt*Proc() functions; examples for XtAppAddInput
and XtAppAddTimeout included
- added standard mainloop routine, configured via passed-in named
parameters
- toplevel resources now processed via #if/#else/#endif preprocessing,
similar to cpp
- callback function signature changes/improvements
- xscm examples merged into a single "xscm", using preprocessing to
detect presence of Motif 2.0; added scm support script for use with
it
- added support for Wcl 2.7.2 libMisc (contains hierarchical tree
widget used by xscm on Motif 1.x systems)
- added support for editres
- header file list all in one place, in Wcl-i, to make it easier to
port to other Xt toolkits
release 0.1
-----------
This is the initial release.
------------------------------
Date: 7 Sep 1997 15:20:39 GMT
From: neilb@cre.canon.co.uk (Neil Bowers)
Subject: Netscape::History 2.00
Message-Id: <5uugo7$nr1$1@nadine.teleport.com>
A new version of the Netscape-History modules distribution is available:
file: $CPAN/authors/id/NEILB/Netscape-History-2.00.tar.gz
size: 5705 bytes
md5: 54538a7e47ba8d69521175158f7c7507
This release includes support for the new format of the history database,
introduced with Netscape 4. The Netscape::History module has a configuration
variable for specifying which version of Netscape you are using.
Richard Taylor Neil Bowers
rit@cre.canon.co.uk neilb@cre.canon.co.uk
--
My definition of an expert in any field is a person who knows enough about
what's really going on to be scared. -- P.J. Plauger
------------------------------
Date: 7 Sep 1997 15:17:55 GMT
From: Joshua Pritikin <pritikin@mindspring.com>
Subject: ObjStore CGI support for "Perl Embedded HTML"
Message-Id: <5uugj3$nnf$1@nadine.teleport.com>
Name DSLI Description Info
----------- ---- -------------------------------------------- -----
ObjStore Rm+O ObjectStore OODBMS Interface JPRIT
Interface to ObjectStore OODBMS (http://www.odi.com). Stores scalars,
sets, hashes, and references directly in the database without any
flattening of nested or circular structures. Virtual memory mechanism
used to make read/write access nearly as fast as memory mapped files.
Includes CGI support module for `Perl Embedded HTML'. Databases can
be accessed from Perl, C++, or Java.
Available via http://www.perl.org/CPAN/modules/by-module/ObjStore
<< This is the relational database killer app! >>
Perl-ObjectStore mailing list:
majordomo@parallax.co.uk "subscribe perl-objectstore
you@your.company.com"
see ./INSTALL for installation instructions
see ./TODO for list of things to do
see ./CHANGES for a historical perspective
### RECENT CHANGES ###
** 09-02-97 Released 1.12
- HTML::PHTML and Eval modules added. HTML::PHTML gives you a simple
and powerful "Perl Embedded HTML" page cache for CGI programs.
Includes all the best features of HTML::Embperl and ePerl in about 340
lines of code. HTML::PHTML module does not require ObjStore.
- No other changes.
** 08-16-97 Released 1.11
- Updates refcnts for transient references in update & abort_only
transactions. Persistent memory leaks now impossible.
- ospeek restricted to show only three instances per class.
- Minor fixes (both important and less important).
- No schema changes.
------------------------------
Date: 7 Sep 1997 15:23:10 GMT
From: wjm@metronet.com (Bill Middleton)
Subject: Win32 ALPHA binary distribution released
Message-Id: <5uugsu$nu9$1@nadine.teleport.com>
The Perl Win32 Alpha Binary Kit is now making it's way around the CPAN.
This kit has the same components as the X86 kit, and was produced with
the help and input from Gurusamy Sarathy, who produces the X86 kit.
You can pick it up at
$CPAN/authors/id/BMIDD/perl5.00402-bindist04-msvcAlpha.tar.gz
or, under the recently-reorganized win32 ports heirarchy at:
$CPAN/ports/win32/Standard/Alpha/perl5.00402-bindist04-msvcAlpha.tar.gz
I append the announcement from Gurusamy Sarathy below, also
see the README.AlphaNT file, included in the distribution.
Bill
In article <5t8320$d71$1@nadine.teleport.com>,
Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu> wrote:
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy> If you need to use Perl on either WindowsNT or Windows95, you'll
Gurusamy> definitely want to check out:
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy> $CPAN/authors/id/GSAR/perl5.00402-bindist04-bc.tar.gz
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy> The README therein says it all:
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy> Welcome to the binary distribution of Perl for the Win32 platform.
Gurusamy> This distribution has been compiled using the Borland C++ compiler
Gurusamy> (version 5.02). It is built around the latest production release of
Gurusamy> Perl, version 5.004_02, which comes with Win32 support.
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy> Please note that this distribution is not to be confused with
Gurusamy> the pre-5.004 Perl port by the Activeware folks, or the binaries
Gurusamy> they distribute (which are mostly referred to by "build" numbers).
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy> This bundle contains almost everything you will need for using Perl
Gurusamy> on Win32 platforms. It also contains everything needed to build,
Gurusamy> test and install additional perl modules from CPAN that you may not
Gurusamy> find in here, provided they use the standard MakeMaker extension
Gurusamy> build tools. Since MakeMaker needs a `make' utility, a Win32 binary
Gurusamy> of Dennis Vadura's `dmake' tool is supplied (see below for more on
Gurusamy> `dmake'). For using this distribution to build extensions that need
Gurusamy> a C compiler, you will also need either Borland C++ 5.02, or Visual
Gurusamy> C++ (version 2.0 and later).
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy> WHY WOULD YOU WANT THIS?
Gurusamy> ------------------------
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy> + You want to use perl on WindowsNT or Windows95, but you have
Gurusamy> no C compiler (or at least not one that will build perl).
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy> + You seem to have the compiler stuff, but not the patience or
Gurusamy> knowledge to deal with compiling perl and the various extensions.
Gurusamy> And you are happy to continue using the binary distributions that
Gurusamy> you know people are going to keep putting out once every half
Gurusamy> moon. [May not be exactly every half moon, but you'll keep the
Gurusamy> faith. Remember to give away that compiler you don't use :)]
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy> + You have one of the supported compilers that will build Perl,
Gurusamy> but you want to jump-start your XSsively hardcore perl module
Gurusamy> development by taking this shortcut. [But see the notes below
Gurusamy> on `USING IT WITH YOUR C COMPILER' for some caveats about doing
Gurusamy> this.]
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy> + You want a perl that is capable of doing sockets on Windows95,
Gurusamy> and you just have Visual C++. [The Visual C++ libraries known to
Gurusamy> date have a problem with sockets on Windows95, which might cause
Gurusamy> you trouble. The Borland libraries, which this distribution was
Gurusamy> built with, do not have the problem.]
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy> INSTALLATION
Gurusamy> ------------
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy> To install:
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy> * Extract the archive so that the directory structure of the
Gurusamy> files is preserved.
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy> * `cd' to the top level directory.
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy> * Type `install' (if in the command shell) or click on
Gurusamy> `install.bat' (from the Explorer). If that refuses to run for
Gurusamy> some reason, you can instead type `perl\bin\perl install.bat'
Gurusamy> in the command shell. The setup process will ask a few
Gurusamy> questions and will offer to generate HTML documentation from
Gurusamy> the various files in the distribution. A full installation
Gurusamy> requires about 20 megabytes of free space.
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy> * Add the installed location of PERL.EXE to your `PATH'.
Gurusamy> For instance, if you asked for things to be installed under
Gurusamy> `e:\perl', add `e:\perl\bin' to your PATH.
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy> * You will need to edit the contents of %NetConfig in
Gurusamy> `lib\site\Net\Config.pm' to set the names of the servers
Gurusamy> used by the libnet package.
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy> PLATFORMS
Gurusamy> ---------
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy> This binary distribution has been extensively tested only on WindowsNT.
Gurusamy> Based on reports from others, I believe it also works on Windows95,
Gurusamy> but I personally did not test it on that platform. Note the supplied
Gurusamy> binaries are for the x86 architecture.
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy> WHAT IT CONTAINS
Gurusamy> ----------------
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy> It includes the following packages:
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy> perl5.004_02
Gurusamy> dmake-4.1
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy> Alias-2.3
Gurusamy> Bit-Vector-4.2
Gurusamy> Curses-1.01 [*]
Gurusamy> Data-Dumper-2.07
Gurusamy> DateCalc-3.2
Gurusamy> DateManip-5.10
Gurusamy> DBD-ODBC-0.16
Gurusamy> DBI-0.89
Gurusamy> Devel-Peek-0.83
Gurusamy> Devel-Symdump-2.00
Gurusamy> DProf-19970614 [*]
Gurusamy> GD-1.14 [*]
Gurusamy> libnet-1.0505 [*]
Gurusamy> libwin32-0.08
Gurusamy> libwww-perl-5.11
Gurusamy> MD5-1.7
Gurusamy> MIME-Base64-2.03
Gurusamy> MLDBM-1.23
Gurusamy> Storable-0.5 [*]
Gurusamy> String-Approx-2.1
Gurusamy> Tk402.002
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy> NOTES:
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy> [*] These packages needed porting or other fixes to compile and
Gurusamy> run properly. All changes are included in the form of patches
Gurusamy> (the kind that can be applied using the GNU patch utility) in
Gurusamy> the `patches' subdirectory. The full sources of all of
Gurusamy> these packages (with the exception of dmake, see below for that)
Gurusamy> can be found on the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN).
Gurusamy> Point your web browser at "http://www.perl.com/CPAN" to find the
Gurusamy> CPAN site nearest you.
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy> The package subdirectories under `distfiles' also contain other
Gurusamy> documentation and testsuites that came with the package. These are
Gurusamy> not installed, so you may want to save them for later reference.
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy> Please note that the patches are for information purposes only.
Gurusamy> You don't have to apply them (or even know what a patch is) to use
Gurusamy> this distribution.
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy> In case you find yourself needing to build things from source, there
Gurusamy> is a win32 port of GNU patch-2.1 at:
Gurusamy> http://www-personal.umich.edu/~gsar/patch2_1-win32.tar.gz
Gurusamy> that can be used to apply the included patches.
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy> The modules in the distribution doubtless reflect my own personal
Gurusamy> pattern of use. In some cases, I made a conscious decision not to
Gurusamy> include modules that don't contain C or XS source, since it should be
Gurusamy> possible to obtain, build and install such modules from CPAN without
Gurusamy> too much trouble (or a C compiler), using perl and `dmake'.
Gurusamy> Nevertheless, I shall add specific modules to the distribution if
Gurusamy> there is demand.
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy> DEMOS
Gurusamy> -----
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy> After you install the distribution and add its location to your PATH,
Gurusamy> you can run the `widget' demo to check if your installed perl is
Gurusamy> working properly. To make sure your new PATH setting takes effect,
Gurusamy> you may have to reboot. Afterward, just type `widget' in the command
Gurusamy> shell, or double-click on `widget.bat' from the Explorer.
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy> DOCUMENTATION
Gurusamy> -------------
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy> If you choose, the installation process converts all the Plain Old
Gurusamy> Documentation it can find into HTML pages. There are normally stored
Gurusamy> in the `html' subdirectory under the install location. You can start
Gurusamy> browsing the main perl documentation at `html/lib/pod/perl.html'.
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy> If you choose not to install HTML, you can still browse almost
Gurusamy> all of the perl documentation from the command line using `perldoc'.
Gurusamy> Type `perldoc perldoc' to get started.
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy> The `distfiles' area of the distribution also contains much HTML
Gurusamy> documentation that is not handled by the install process. You
Gurusamy> may want to selectively copy parts of it to wherever you normally
Gurusamy> install your web documents.
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy> USING IT WITH YOUR C COMPILER
Gurusamy> -----------------------------
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy> If you don't have a supported C compiler, this section doesn't
Gurusamy> apply to you. If you have one, and intend using it to build
Gurusamy> other modules that require a C compiler, then read on.
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy> This distribution was compiled with Borland C++ 5.02, using `dmake'.
Gurusamy> If you too have that compiler (or a later version), there are
Gurusamy> no caveats about using this distribution for further builds of
Gurusamy> extensions. (I have heard earlier versions of Borland C++ have
Gurusamy> a buggy linker that doesn't like the module definition files that
Gurusamy> perl generates, so your mileage may vary if you're using
Gurusamy> versions earlier than 5.02.)
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy> If you don't have the Borland compiler, it is also possible to build
Gurusamy> and use extension binaries compiled with Visual C++. The converse--
Gurusamy> using a perl binary built under Visual C++ with extension binaries
Gurusamy> built under Borland C++--does not work due to a bug in the Visual
Gurusamy> C++ linker (present as of version 5.0). In other words, if you have
Gurusamy> the Visual C++ compiler *and* you plan to use some pre-built
Gurusamy> extensions in this distribution *and* compile some of your own using
Gurusamy> the Visual C++ compiler, you will need the perl binaries that came
Gurusamy> with this distribution. So don't overwrite the perl binary with
Gurusamy> one that you may have built yourself using the Visual C++ compiler.
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy> The setup procedure will do the necessary things to make sure the
Gurusamy> installed version of the `lib\Config.pm' file will work with your
Gurusamy> compiler for future extension builds.
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy> TERMS OF USE
Gurusamy> ------------
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy> Perl can be freely distributed under the `Artistic License' or the
Gurusamy> `GNU General Public Licence', described in the two files `Artistic'
Gurusamy> and `Copying' respectively. Most of the modules have statements to
Gurusamy> the effect that they can be distributed under the same terms as Perl,
Gurusamy> but you should download and check the individual module's sources to
Gurusamy> be sure.
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy> The included dmake tool is compiled from the latest public release of
Gurusamy> dmake-4.1 available from `ftp://plg.uwaterloo.ca/pub/dmake/'. The
Gurusamy> binary is completely unsupported. Full (commercial) support for dmake
Gurusamy> may be obtained from its author. See `http://dmake.wticorp.com/' for
Gurusamy> the latest. Note that public version of dmake-4.1 can only be
Gurusamy> distributed under the GNU General Public Licence.
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy> The remaining parts of this binary distribution itself can be
Gurusamy> distributed under the same terms as Perl. Beware that it is provided
Gurusamy> "as is", and comes with absolutely no warranty of any kind, either
Gurusamy> express or implied. If you use the contents of this distribution, you
Gurusamy> do so at your own risk, and you agree to free the author(s) of any
Gurusamy> consequences arising from such use, either intended or otherwise.
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy> BEING NICE TO NICE BEINGS
Gurusamy> -------------------------
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy> Perl is the creation of Larry Wall. Continuing refinement of Perl
Gurusamy> is made possible by the unceasing efforts of many fine folk who have
Gurusamy> banded together with Larry in endless perlesque banter, collectively
Gurusamy> calling themselves "The Perl Porters". If you find perl useful
Gurusamy> in getting your job done, you may want to drop them a note of
Gurusamy> appreciation at <perl-thanks@perl.org>. Be sure to recount
Gurusamy> any war stories about how Perl helped you win your battles :)
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy> Another fine way to encourage development of perl is to become a
Gurusamy> member of The Perl Institute, a non-profit organization which helps
Gurusamy> "people help Perl help people" (or something like that). See
Gurusamy> http://www.perl.org/ for details.
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy> If you plan to put this on a CDROM or other similar media, I request
Gurusamy> that you send me a brief message. Note that some modules explicitly
Gurusamy> require that you obtain permission from the module author to do that
Gurusamy> sort of thing, so you should. Altered versions of this distribution
Gurusamy> must be clearly marked as such.
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy> Enjoy!
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy>
Gurusamy> Gurusamy Sarathy (Just Another Perl Porter)
Gurusamy> gsar@umich.edu
Gurusamy> 08-AUG-1997
--
Bill Middleton - wjm@metronet.com
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Date: 7 Sep 1997 15:16:57 GMT
From: pariah@netcomuk.co.uk (The Pariah)
Subject: xisofs v1.2 Perl/Tk interface to mkisofs/cdwrite/cdrecord
Message-Id: <5uugh9$nn0$1@nadine.teleport.com>
xisofs v1.2
===========
xisofs is a Perl/Tk interface to mkisofs and cdwrite/cdrecord
tested under linux). It will allow you to create ISO9660 filesystems
and write them to a supported CDR device from within the same GUI.
The ISO9660 filesystems can also be written directly to a CDROM from
Windows programs such as Elektrosons Gear.
Note that cdrecord is supported under SunOS and Solaris.
Available from:
ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/modules/by-
authors/Steve_Sherwood
http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~pariah/
Features:
o Full GUI with tool bar, and context sensitive help
o Supports all features of mkisofs v1.11
o Supports most features of cdwrite 2.0
o Supports most features of cdrecord 1.4
o Allows projects to be saved and loaded
o User definable defaults for copyright messages etc.
o Free (Under the GNU Public Licience)
Requires (ie not supplied) :
o Perl 5.004
o Ptk 400.202
o mkisofs v1.11
o cdwrite v2.0 / cdrecord 1.4 (optional - needed to burn CDRs)
xisofs is a perl/tk interface to mkisofs (for creating ISO9660 filesystem
images) and cdwrite/cdrecord (for writing this filesystem to a blank CD).
xisofs v1.2
-----------
New Features:
+ Added support for cdrecord v1.4
+ Updated installation script.
oops:
- Didn't correctly append iso9660 image to cdwrite command line. Fixed.
xisofs v1.1
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New Features:
+ Added support for cdwrite 2.0
+ Added icon bar with balloon help
+ Added status bar
xisofs v1.0
-----------
This was the initial version, written to make mksiofs easier to use.
Features:
+ GUI Interface via Perl/Tk 400.202
+ Supports all mkisofs parameters
+ Allows Defaults of fields to be saved
+ Allows 'projects' to save loaded/saved
+ Context sensitive help for most items by B3 clicking
Last Updated : 18th August, 1997
Steve Sherwood (pariah@netcomuk.co.uk)
--
Just like Pariah I have no name, Living in a blaze of obscurity
Need courage to survive the day....
Steve Sherwood <pariah@netcomuk.co.uk>
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