Karen, I realize I am not answering your question directly but may I suggest that you purchase a copy of 'Learning Perl' by Randal Schwartz & Tom Phoenix.
It is an excellent introduction to Perl. You may find it easier than going through the man pages. Cheers, Levon Barker On Tue, 2004-06-08 at 15:36, Karen McAtamney wrote: > I'm in the process of learning perl (hmm - right at the beginning of this > process), and I'm having great difficulty working my way through the man > pages. I'm a Windows user and perl is the first language I'm learning, so > *everything* is new to me. I am also having to get to grips with using my > shell account which is just adding to the difficulties. > > What would really make my life easier right now is a glossary of programming > specific terms so that I'm not struggling to find meanings for the > terminology used in some of the man pages (specifically I'm trying to work > my way through man screen) every other word. Does such a glossary exist? I'm > aware of the Jargon Files and I'm aware that many of these terms have man > pages of their own (but my entire reason for reading man screen is to learn > how to have different windows open with different things going on in each > window!). > > Thank you for all your help, > > Karen > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
