On Wed, 16 May 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I hate to admit ignorance but that's why I'm here. I did not realize
> that text consoles used screensavers so I thought KDE or
> something of that ilk. My idea is simple: alternating colored
> screens/backgrounds containing short text messages.
Your basic Linux text console uses a screen blanker -- it wouldn't be too
difficult to extend that to do more interesting things.
> I am probably trying to run a mile before I can sit up or crawl. I
> chose Perl because to me it closely resembles HTML which I
> understand. (Add that to your "Howler Of The Day" list) I'm game to
> try but I will defer to wiser heads.
Hmmm... I think you'll see that Perl and HTML are actually quite different
in structure and syntax, once you start working with it.
-- Brett
