Re: absolute beginner has questions

2002-02-04 Thread Matthew Lyon
EditPlus for Windoze really kicks ass. I love it --> it's got syn highlighting and type-ahead macros (at a shareware price.) -mL p.s. (no, I *didn't* write this app.) On Sun, 3 Feb 2002, Dave Benware wrote: > > > Dave K wrote: > > > > Thomas, > > Any editor (I use notepad, WinVim, and anyth

Re: Perl, Black book

2002-01-28 Thread Matthew Lyon
not blasphemy. /me <-- biologist. :) mL On Mon, 28 Jan 2002, Brett W. McCoy wrote: > On Mon, 28 Jan 2002, Matthew Lyon wrote: > > > it's good book if you are not a programmer by trade and think the > > camel book is boring. if you buy this definately also pick

RE: Perl, Black book

2002-01-28 Thread Matthew Lyon
the cookbook is the most amazing thing ever. On Mon, 28 Jan 2002, Nikola Janceski wrote: > I don't think the Black Book with contribute anymore.. the Cookbook takes > the cake. > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 2:

Re: Perl, Black book

2002-01-28 Thread Matthew Lyon
it's good book if you are not a programmer by trade and think the camel book is boring. if you buy this definately also pick up 'perl cookbook' by oriley and you'll be set. On Mon, 28 Jan 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What do everyone think about this book? > > Perl > Second Edition > Black Bo

cgi-bin and secure http...

2002-01-27 Thread Matthew Lyon
How do I use secure... -jk- where do I sign up for that-evil-twin-mailing=list of this one that covers cgi perl? -mL -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: $~ ?

2002-01-19 Thread Matthew Lyon
man perlsyn On Sat, 19 Jan 2002, [gb2312] yun yun wrote: > I found in perl samples many strange signs, I'm really > confused by them and the study process is seriousl > blocked, would you like to recommend some good method > to pass this basic step? some quick lookup or some > common-used cmd? T

Re: Squeezing a list...

2002-01-03 Thread Matthew Lyon
Yes, I know what grep does... sorry. I was missing some of the programming compactness stuff... On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan wrote: > On Jan 3, Matthew Lyon said: > > >On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan wrote: > > > >> I'

Re: Squeezing a list

2002-01-03 Thread Matthew Lyon
wait! how does this grep trickery work? where's the circuitry? On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan wrote: > On Jan 3, Busse, Rich said: > > >("Abiosdsk", "Afd", "", "", "", "Aha154x", "Aha174x", "aic78xx", "", > >"Alerter", "", "", "", "Always", ...) > > > >Is there a simple way to get rid

Re: FW: Why can't this two programs be piping?

2002-01-03 Thread Matthew Lyon
no. I'm not saying anything. I tend to like naming thnigs, however for clarity of thought. On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, Mariana AƱez wrote: > > Do you mean I should use name pipes (using open function)? > > -Original Message- > From: Matthew Lyon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Why can't this two programs be piping?

2002-01-02 Thread Matthew Lyon
This goes beyond the scope of these scripts, but I've found some autoflushes to be less than perfect in all situations... I perfer to name pipes/handles and clamp them shut occasionally. That way I can ensure flow (at least outward) in .pl scripts. This is especially useful when a couple of di

Re: Redirect error of shell command

2001-08-21 Thread Matthew Lyon
in UNIX, when piping this stuff to a file I've had better luck sabotaging STDERR and STDOUT's handles, (while dumping them into a file.) On Tue, 21 Aug 2001, Luke Bakken wrote: > Which shell? Which operating system? Where do you want it to go? > > To redirect STDERR to oblivion on NT: > > system

RE: GET ME OFF

2001-08-21 Thread Matthew Lyon
==> getoff.pl #!/usr/bin/perl -w print "You have gotten off\n."; --- mL On Tue, 21 Aug 2001, Dean Theophilou wrote: > Actually, you DO sound like him. Even more importantly, however, you have > to be careful with the language used in the subject line. That could get > someone in trouble. :

can I get source for modules... CPAN?

2001-08-09 Thread Matthew Lyon
I'm looking for the source to Getopts::Long . pm I glanced at the repository over at cpan.org and it led me to a page about the programmer and so forth but there really wasn't an explicit "click here for the source code"-link. anyone else ever hacked an existing module apart? --- -mL x2121 -

Re: Remove White Space

2001-08-06 Thread Matthew Lyon
substitute whitespace for nothing while matching the beginning of the scalar? On Mon, 6 Aug 2001, Scott Martin wrote: > How can I remove white space from the beginning of a variable? > > -Scott > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED

sh execing perl

2001-08-06 Thread Matthew Lyon
Hey, awhile back the group was talkin a little about using a sh script header or something to call perl regardless of perl's location in the os... anyone remember how that was done or where in a faq this info is? -mL -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail:

RE: Confusion with hash reference and Mail::IMAPClient

2001-08-03 Thread Matthew Lyon
is there and easy way to dump ALL data structures established by the currently-running Perl script? On Fri, 3 Aug 2001, Wagner Jeff Civ Logicon/TTMS wrote: > Hi, > > In the absence of an answer from the more experienced list members, I'll > give it a shot. I don't know what kind of structure is