> I suggest you use a web browser as your user interface. If it were > me, I'd write a CGI script that builds an HTML page that includes the > images and a set of radio buttons to allow me (or other users) to > pick. Have the form's SUBMIT button reinvoke the CGI script to record > the choice(s) to a log file and move to the next image set. Write a > separate perl script that reads the log file and does what it says. Cory, check out what IDS does, since it does all sorts of thumbnail and resizing things... and it's HTML.... maybe it'll give you most of the code, or at least pointers to how to use perl to do it. > > For debian, should I mess with the debian cpan packages that was > > mentioned recently, or should I just have `perl -MCPAN -e shell` > > install modules directly? I like the idea of debian packages > > because I know how to remove them easily, and get a listing of those > > installed. > > Seth recently converted some CPAN modules into packages, I tried to > but didn't get it working. (I still don't really grok Debian, I'm > sorry to say.) If you like packages, you might as well take the time > to use them. 2 ways: dh-make-perl works well, and is 'official' Cpan::Debian works also, and I had good luck with it when dh-make-perl didn't work. I have to hack some stuff a bit, due to build errors, but I didn't try a straight CPAN, which might have had similar errors anyway. I recommend Debian users _always_ use packages... makes life much nicer. Imagine a perl deb archive? It would let you know anytime a newer perl program version was updated. Seth
