On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 10:10:02PM -0800, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: > > > "rtf" is a Really Bad Name for a module. > > First, it starts with a lowercase letter, which is reserved > for system packages and modules. Not You. > > Second, if you ever plan on distributing it outside your local group, > the name should be selected by contacting [EMAIL PROTECTED] If > you *don't* plan on distributing it outside your local group, pick > a group prefix uniquely identifying your group. I use "Stonehenge::". >
Thanks. I will check this out. I really don't want to create a module so much as I want to package my script for distribution. The script consisits of one main script which uses my own modules. I doubt anyone else will use these modules themselves, so perhaps I shouldn't even try to package them as modules? Right now I have this line in the main script: use library /perl5/rtf I could have the user put the rtf directory wherever s/he wants, and then just change the line in the main script. This just seemed like kind of a hack. > Third... you *are* aware that there are a lot RTF things already, > right? So you might just be reinventing some portion of something > that is already tested and deployed. > > See search.cpan.org for more details. No. Every time I ask for help on this script, on different mailing lists, I get this response. But there is no open source project that converts RTF to XML. There are scripts that convert RTF to other formats, but not XML. I have checked several times. I am working with someone else, and he has also checked. (Of course, there is always the possibilithy that I am still wrong!) Thanks Paul -- ************************ *Paul Tremblay * *[EMAIL PROTECTED]* ************************ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
