Oh sure Perl and html are different. For practical purposes Perl is
universal while html is a faux language created expressly for
the internet. Can you imagine ssh in html?
I've never seen a console screen blanker, but I am comfortable in a
console window and prefer it to GUI; my knowledge of Linux is very
limited; and I don't have a dual boot system. I do have a couple of
books: Linux Programming, a beginners guide which includes Perl,
Tcl and Gawk basics and the 4th ed Complete Resource for Linux,
which may not be helpful.
Maybe this is a crazy idea?
Pj
On 16 May 2001, at 9:02, Brett W. McCoy wrote:
> 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
>
>
