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Perl-Users Digest, Issue: 3347 Volume: 8
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Tue Aug 4 20:06:38 1998
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 98 17:00:20 -0700
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Perl-Users Digest Tue, 4 Aug 1998 Volume: 8 Number: 3347
Today's topics:
Re: A redirect script - pull down - in frames info@gatman.NOSPAM.com
Re: And sometimes the FAQ's suck (Abigail)
Re: And sometimes the FAQ's suck (brian d foy)
Re: cannot alias $_ in perl 5.005 (Martien Verbruggen)
Changing your parent directory <mcudmore@kamloops.env.gov.bc.ca>
Re: Changing your parent directory <tchrist@mox.perl.com>
Re: comp.lang.perl.announce redux (Chris Russo)
Re: couple of questions (Josh Kortbein)
Special: Digest Administrivia (Last modified: 12 Mar 98 (Perl-Users-Digest Admin)
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Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1998 22:26:58 GMT
From: info@gatman.NOSPAM.com
Subject: Re: A redirect script - pull down - in frames
Message-Id: <35c78a64.1618111@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net>
Appreciate the input, but I am chasing my tail on this one. Any more
of lead to go on??
Thanks
John
>On Sun, 2 Aug 1998 info@gatman.NOSPAM.com wrote:
>
>> Have been using a pull down menu with a redirect function for some
>> time (see below example). Now I need to use this so the redirected
>> directories (or specific pages) can be targeted to the main screen of
>> a framed layout.
>
>It sounds as if you want to output something which will tell a browser
>which frame to use. The docs, FAQs, and newsgroups about the protocol
>you're using should be able to help you. Good luck!
>
>--
>Tom Phoenix Perl Training and Hacking Esperanto
>Randal Schwartz Case: http://www.rahul.net/jeffrey/ovs/
>
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Date: 4 Aug 1998 22:22:26 GMT
From: abigail@fnx.com (Abigail)
Subject: Re: And sometimes the FAQ's suck
Message-Id: <6q81j2$6k6$1@client3.news.psi.net>
Albert W. Dorrington (awdorrin@mail.delcoelect.com) wrote on MDCCXCIX
September MCMXCIII in <URL: news:6q7s1n$25e@ws051eng.ictest.delcoelect.com>:
++
++
++ As for all the moaning and groaning - I have yet to see
++ anyone post a pointer to the FAQ on comp.lang.perl.misc.
Searching for "~g comp.lang.perl.misc & ~s FAQ" in dejanews gave me
at least 9 pointers to the FAQ on the first 20 hits.
<perl-resource-list-1-902109601@frii.com>
<perl-resource-list-1-901764001@frii.com>
<perl-resource-list-1-901504801@frii.com>
<perl-resource-list-1-901159203@frii.com>
<perl-resource-list-1-900900001@frii.com>
<pfaqmessage901016641.24123@news.teleport.com>
<pfaqmessage901621441.11830@news.teleport.com>
<pfaqmessage902226241.13071@news.teleport.com>
<35BE4507.5A4E@idirect.com>
++ Yes, I do know that Tom Phoenix posts them to
++ comp.lang.perl.announce but not all sites receive that newsgroup
++ and not all newbie even know what an FAQ is.
Tom's weekly postings are crossposted to comp.lang.perl.misc and to
news.answers, so your argument doesn't hold. Furthermore, gnat posts
his pointer twice a week.
I'm sorry, but if you manage to miss the pointers to the faq that are
posted here THREE TIMES A WEEK, you don't have any business on Usenet.
Not to mention that the faq comes with Perl.
Abigail
--
perl5.004 -wMMath::BigInt -e'$^V=new Math::BigInt+qq;$^F$^W783$[$%9889$^F47$|88768$^W596577669$%$^W5$^F3364$[$^W$^F$|838747$[8889739$%$|$^F673$%$^W98$^F76777$=56;;$^U=substr($]=>$|=>5)*(q.25..($^W=@^V))=>do{print+chr$^V%$^U;$^V/=$^U}while$^V!=$^W'
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Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1998 19:52:19 -0400
From: comdog@computerdog.com (brian d foy)
Subject: Re: And sometimes the FAQ's suck
Message-Id: <comdog-ya02408000R0408981952190001@news.panix.com>
Keywords: from just another new york perl hacker
In article <6q7s1n$25e@ws051eng.ictest.delcoelect.com>, awdorrin@mail.delcoelect.com (Albert W. Dorrington) posted:
>As for all the moaning and groaning - I have yet to see
>anyone post a pointer to the FAQ on comp.lang.perl.misc.
>Yes, I do know that Tom Phoenix posts them to
>comp.lang.perl.announce but not all sites receive that newsgroup
Tom P. auto-posts a How To Find the FAQ message weekly, and in
this newsgroup! i know that Nate posts quite a number of pointers
too. Tom C. posts pointers in his more prolix moods. lots of
people post pointers. the problem is that lots of people,
including apparently you, ignore them.
and i know that i've posted pointers to the FAQ, not to mention
the easy way to get them:
perldoc perlfaq
and let's not even talk about how easy it is to use Yahoo, or
to type "perl" into the netscape location box.
--
brian d foy <comdog@computerdog.com>
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Date: 4 Aug 1998 23:21:27 GMT
From: mgjv@comdyn.com.au (Martien Verbruggen)
Subject: Re: cannot alias $_ in perl 5.005
Message-Id: <6q851n$cat$1@nswpull.telstra.net>
In article <35C5561B.9D387B91@csu.edu.au>,
Matthew White <mwhite@csu.edu.au> writes:
> for instance, on 5.004 this worked as (*I*) expected:
Which 5.004?
> perl -e '$b = "z\n"; *_ = \$b; print;'
>
> ie, it printed "\z".
>
> but on perl 5.005 it prints nothing. What is going on here?
My versions of perl 5.004_04, 5.005 and 5.005_01:
# perl5.00404 -e '$b = "z\n"; *_ = \$b; print;'
z
# perl5.005 -e '$b = "z\n"; *_ = \$b; print;'
z
# perl5.00501 -e '$b = "z\n"; *_ = \$b; print;'
z
Those are the only three versions of perl I have installed, and they
all behave in the same way, printing a z followed by a newline, not a
backwhack followed by a z. I wouldn't expect it to, anyway. :)
SunOS 5.6, Sparc.
Martien
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Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 15:14:18 -0700
From: "Mark Cudmore" <mcudmore@kamloops.env.gov.bc.ca>
Subject: Changing your parent directory
Message-Id: <1998Aug4.151420.10347@vmsmail.gov.bc.ca>
Hello all, I am trying to change the current directory of the process that
launches my perl script. I can only succeed in changing the directory of my
Perl process. Is there anyway to do this?
Please respond by email and thank you in advance
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send me mail.
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Date: 4 Aug 1998 23:31:22 GMT
From: Tom Christiansen <tchrist@mox.perl.com>
Subject: Re: Changing your parent directory
Message-Id: <6q85ka$m1o$2@csnews.cs.colorado.edu>
[courtesy cc of this posting sent to cited author via email]
In comp.lang.perl.misc,
"Mark Cudmore" <mcudmore@kamloops.env.gov.bc.ca> writes:
:Hello all, I am trying to change the current directory of the process that
:launches my perl script. I can only succeed in changing the directory of my
:Perl process. Is there anyway to do this?
You aren't understanding the process model. This is explained in
perlfaq8. Happy reading.
--tom
--
Unix is supported by IBM, like a hanging man is supported by rope
- _Life With Unix_ Don Libes & Sandy Ressler
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Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1998 14:50:52 -0700
From: news@russo.org (Chris Russo)
Subject: Re: comp.lang.perl.announce redux
Message-Id: <news-0408981450520001@buzz.hq.alink.net>
In article <6q7qst$4ia$7@client3.news.psi.net>, abigail@fnx.com wrote:
>I'n not saying you should know every language. You don't have a right
>to be able to read every posting in clpa. But I find it ridiculous
>every poster in clpa should be able to write English.
Muhuhahahaha. The above statement is from a person who thinks that people
should know the FAQ, the docs, and the culture of Perl before posting to
clpmisc.
Not that I disagree with you on those positions, just that I enjoy the irony.
>Someone doesn't know English. That someone has something worthwhile to
>say. You don't know his language. I think it's more reasonable for you
>to learn his language to hear what he has to say then for him to learn
>English so you can hear him. (Of course, when it is in his benefit you
>will hear him, he'll make sure to speak in English).
Again, I say, "Muhuhahahahaha". More "understanding" of others asked for
by Abigail, The Scourge of CLPMisc. :)
Sorry, I'm just a bad seed.
Regards,
Chris Russo
--
Chris Russo
news@russo.org
http://www.russo.org
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Date: 4 Aug 1998 22:09:15 GMT
From: kortbein@iastate.edu (Josh Kortbein)
Subject: Re: couple of questions
Message-Id: <6q80qb$jsq$1@news.iastate.edu>
Josh (kandiko@vbe.com) wrote:
: Hi
: This is my first post so here goes. I have a win95 machine and was
: wondering if there was a way to run the scripts just on my computer without
: uploading them to my ISP. Also, can anyone recommend some good perl
: programming books?
Yes, download perl and run it on your machine. www.perl.com.
The best book: _Programming Perl,_ O'Reilly and Associates, no doubt
referenced at www.perl.com.
Josh
--
Like the ski resort full of girls hunting for husbands and husbands hunting
for girls, the situation is not as symmetrical as it might seem.
- Alan Lindsay Mackay
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Date: 12 Jul 98 21:33:47 GMT (Last modified)
From: Perl-Request@ruby.oce.orst.edu (Perl-Users-Digest Admin)
Subject: Special: Digest Administrivia (Last modified: 12 Mar 98)
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