Re: [perl] tag is a cruel joke, and user-defined tags don't do ja ck , squat. HELP! How do I use Perl!?

[Colocator User <minivend@twu.net>]

The existing docs tell me how to use a pathetically limited subset of
Perl. I don't want to do that. I want to be able to execute arbitrary Perl
code in a Perl-based program-- not too terribly much to ask.

I did read the docs. And found them lacking.

On Wed, 23 Jun 1999, allan deleon wrote:

> ******    message to minivend-users from allan deleon <allan@instantsoft.com>     ******
> 
> 
> Wow...
> 
> I believe there is a Minivend documentation  project going on
> right now... so, since you're such an advocate on open source,
> why not contribute some of your time and help document it. Oh I forgot,
> you make $10 an hour so I guess you can't waste any time working on
> open source projects eh? Guess what, brother --  Mike Heins probably
> has a lot more things he'd rather do than waste time writing a "Minivend
> for Dummies" for people like you who refuse to read through the existing
> documentation and experiment on their own. Puhlezzzz... take your whining
> somewhere else.
> 
> I, too, will redirect all flames to /dev/null =).
> 
> Colocator User wrote:
> 
> > ******    message to minivend-users from Colocator User <minivend@twu.net>     ******
> >
> > I make $10 an hour. Do I look like I can spare $15,000? I'm an advocate
> > of the open-source world and I hate American capitalism (the sort of
> > thinking that produced the idea of a $15,000 piece of software). And it
> > bothers me when people who produce good software produce horrible
> > documentation. If you care enough to produce good software, care enough to
> > document it well, or have someone do it for ya, surely?
> >
> > On Wed, 23 Jun 1999, mike wrote:
> >
> > > Hmm.. I'm not going to answer him.  Sorry, but I take flames to this
> > > group personally.  I say let him pay 15 grand for a commercial program
> > > that does what this one does.
> > >
> > > vandy
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Colocator User [mailto:minivend@twu.net]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 1999 1:16 PM
> > > To: minivend-users@minivend.com
> > > Subject: [perl] tag is a cruel joke, and user-defined tags don't do jack
> > > , squat. HELP! How do I use Perl!?
> > >
> > >
> > > ******    message to minivend-users from Colocator User
> > > <minivend@twu.net>     ******
> > >
> > > Hey there MiniVend gurus--
> > >
> > >       Just started with the program, and I'm trying to utilize a Perl
> > > script I've written from within a MiniVend page. The [perl] tag is a
> > > cruel
> > > joke; you can't use backticks (due to that stupid Safe module, which I'd
> > > rather not turn off if I don't have to) or even print statements
> > > (!!!!!);
> > > all you can use seems to be setting and returning variables, which is
> > > unacceptable. I need more than that!
> > >
> > >       I tried to define the Perl I want as a user tag. It did squat.
> > > First of all, the syntax listed on the Web site for defining a user tag
> > > is
> > > horrible-- MiniVend chokes on it when starting up. Secondly, when I
> > > finally DID find a way of arranging the damned curly-braces so that it
> > > wouldn't puke on my user tag, the user tag did SQUAT!
> > >
> > >       They say the best way to learn is by example. Could someone give
> > > me an example-- or more than one example-- of a way to display the
> > > output
> > > of:
> > >
> > > print "Hi there";
> > >
> > > ...in a MiniVend page?
> > >
> > >       Flames or "RTFM"s will be passed on to /dev/null. Please give me
> > > a
> > > real answer.
> > >
> > >       Incidentally, the MiniVend FAQ ***SUCKS***. Perhaps something
> > > more
> > > like the Perl FAQ is in order-- where it's more of an "all questions
> > > we've
> > > been asked that have a simple--or even a not-so-simple-- answer" list
> > > than
> > > a "frequently asked questions" list. The MiniVend FAQ only answers the
> > > simplest of stupid questions...
> > >
> > >
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