On 5 Jan 2001, an entity purporting to be Aldo Calpini wrote [regarding 0.0.502 on PPM]
> hello perl-win32-gui-users, > > Win32::GUI version 0.0.502 is ready on PPM. > goto http://dada.perl.it for info and instruction. Congrats and hail, *dada*, it was *such* a smooth install. I have bumbled and stumbled around installing some of the modules authored by you in the past, even just getting PPM to run them was sometimes such a hassle. One thing: those new to PPM might easily forget a detail that I think they would be tripped up by, based on the current wording of the instructions (otherwise so clear and thorough) on your site: --- pasted as quoted from http://dada.perl.it/#ppm ----- > Win32::GUI 0.0.502 > Win32::API 0.20 > Win32::Clipboard 0.51 > they're precompiled for 5.005 MSWin32-x86-object (ActivePerl 5xx) > and 5.6 MSWin32-x86-multi-thread (ActivePerl 6xx); to install from > there simply type: > ppm install --location=http://dada.perl.it/PPM modulename --- end pasted ----------- The point of concern is that where you give the sample commandline invocation above, the user will need to substitute the form `modulepart1- modulepart2[-modulepartN]' for the `mod1::mod2[::modN]' format. Right? So perhaps your instructions could read: they're precompiled for 5.005 MSWin32-x86-object (ActivePerl 5xx) and 5.6 MSWin32-x86-multi-thread (ActivePerl 6xx); to install from there simply type (replace each doublecolon`::' with a hyphen `-'): ppm install --location=http://dada.perl.it/PPM modified-format-modulename Cheers! soren andersen -- "Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come." -Matt Groening ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
