Hi Jan, How does this look: http://pdl.perl.org/future/?page=install
I added a text box telling complete n00bs where to get Perl. Mac and Linux users already have it installed. For Windows users I direct them to ActivePerl because that's going to give them ppm automatically, and the install instructions for Windows require ppm. I also changed the layout of the "pre-built" and "source" boxes so everything lines up nicely. Is that better now? Daniel. On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 10:35 AM, Jan Hoogenraad <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree of all this. > > Just consider the COMPLETE ignorant, stubling onto the PDL site, and not > knowing much of perl. > or: somebody that has got PDL source files from some other site, and wants > to run it. > > At this moment, the PDL site will be > a) an advertisement for PDL (wow ! if only I could do all these things ) - > which is good > b) tongue-in-cheek (what is this perl, that PDL apparently succeeds) - which > is disappointing > > Explaining all about perl is too much indeed, and not needed. Having a link > to a perl site (preferably cpan) helps. > > Daniel Carrera wrote: >> >> On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 8:33 AM, Jan Hoogenraad >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Can you put some text on the "empty" selection (e.g.: If a newbie does >>> not >>> understand the choice, it's probably safer that the binaries are used for >>> non-windows, and sources/CPAN on windows ). >> >> Why is that? >> >> >>> For the complete newbie, on source install, a link to cpan.org is >>> helpful. >> >> How so? None of the instructions require you to go to cpan.org. And if >> you are missing Perl, I think there are better places to obtain it >> than cpan (e.g. get it from your distribution, or ActiveState). >> >> Daniel. > > -- Intolerant people should be shot. _______________________________________________ Perldl mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.jach.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/perldl
