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RE: [perl] tag is a cruel joke, and user-defined tags don't do ja ck , squat. HELP! How do I use Perl!?
Then I think the consensus around here would be: stop using Minivend and
go away.
Christopher Thompson
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-minivend-users@minivend.com
> [mailto:owner-minivend-users@minivend.com]On Behalf Of Colocator User
> Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 1999 3:23 PM
> To: minivend-users@minivend.com
> Subject: Re: [perl] tag is a cruel joke, and user-defined tags don't do
> ja ck , squat. HELP! How do I use Perl!?
>
>
> ****** message to minivend-users from 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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