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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!?
It's more like: if you have a question, ask politely then quietly wait for
an answer. You should never demand anything from this list...
cheers,
allan
Thompson-Jordan wrote:
> ****** message to minivend-users from "Thompson-Jordan" <Thompson-Jordan@mindspring.com> ******
>
> 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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