On 08/21/2010 05:38 PM, Ruth Catlow wrote: > Hi Rob, > > Love the idea. But I don't understand your instruction about how to run > it against my own (inevitably weasilly and passive-aggressive) > writing-efforts. > > Please can you explain again... as if to an infant.
1. Download the script to your computer by selecting "Save As" from your web browser's File menu. Ideally, place the script in the bin folder in your home folder (e.g. /home/yourname/bin or /Users/yourname/bin). You may need to create that folder. 2. Make the file executable. On GNU/Linux, right-click on the file, select the Properties menu item and then select the Permissions tab and check the "Execute" check box. Or you can type: chmod +x ~/bin/artbollocks in the command line terminal. 3. Run the script from a command line terminal by typing "artbollocks". If it complains that it cannot find the artbollocks script, try typing "~/bin/artbollocks" instead. 4. Having installed and tested the script, you can now check essays in the command line terminal like so: artbollocks myessay.txt artbollocks /home/myname/afolder/anotheressay.tex ~/bin/artbollocks afolder/yetanotheressay.txt Running the script will output a colour-highlighted version of the offending lines of the essay. 5. For anyone reading this who needs a refresher on how to use the command line, I highly recommend FLOSS Manuals' "GNU/Linux Commands" - http://en.flossmanuals.net/gnulinux - Rob. _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
