Dennis LaPine wrote: > I don't know why I waste my time posting the few questions that I have. This > is a "beginners" list is it not? A question asked, should not be answered > with another question. I'm not surprised in the response I got, but thought > I'd try and get an answer from some seasoned people. > > Dennis
Hi Dennis, I'm sorry that you see the rsponse as unforthcoming. Please take the point, though. The lines you posted represent the user interface of a scri[pt offered freely for public use *at its current level of functionality*. If you would like extended functionality from this script, your appropriate alternatives are twofold: 1) Contact the author, and inquire about the effectiveness of the modification you wish to try. He or she may wish to assist you, or may not. Many programmers are very forthcoming about new ideas that can extend their code. 2) Dive into the code yourself: a) Check the liscensing information, usually included in the code, to ascertain whether, and under what conditions, modifications to the authors intellectual property are permissible. b) Read through the code. Study the overall flow of code, as well as each function or other structure until you understand what part they play in the overall task. You should probably have a basic perl text available while you do this. c) Examne the portions of the code that direct output to the target page, and ascertain whether they would support they proposed user inteface modifications as is. d) If the specified code would not support the desired extension of functionality as is, modify it in a way that provides that functionality. When you get to step d of the second alternative, if you encounter problems, then post the issues to the list. You will probably find a rich source of help here. Experimenting with modifications of existing code is a perfectly legitimate approach to learning a new programming language. This is particularly true with Perl, where the documentation is so poor in integrated working examples. My first experiments in programming perl were modifications to the guestbook from Matt's Script Archive [http://www.scriptarchive.com/] to allow the script to power multiple pages. The adaptations took me about two weeks, and were incredibly frustrating. The problem was that I had parentheses where braces belonged in a hash key. I'd never completely absorbed the difference because the editor I was using made little typographical distinction between parens and braces. In the end, the changes I had to make amounted to about three lines of code. It required a greater understanding of the underlying coding syntax to correct the error. If you are interested in Perl programming, I would recommend that you take the second alternative presented here, and see what you can do with modifiying the script. Joseph > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Randal L. Schwartz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Dennis Lapine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 7:14 AM > Subject: Re: Double post ability > > > >>>>> "Dennis" == Dennis Lapine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Dennis> I have a discussion board that works quite well. I want to be > > Dennis> able to have it post to two pages, instead of one. Can this be > > Dennis> achieved by a comma separate in the "cfg" file that runs the > > Dennis> script? Am I on the right track here, or is there an > > Dennis> appropriate way to achieve this? > > > > If you're using a piece of software that you did not write, the first > > line of questions should be directed at the person who wrote the > > software. If they in turn have questions about their own software, > > they can certainly come to this list for help. This list helps > > programmers with their own code, not end-users using someone else's > > code. > > > > Please write the person who wrote the software you are using. > > > > -- > > Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 > 0095 > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> > > Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. > > See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl > training! > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Re -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
