The SF Perl Raku Study Group, 08/10 at 1pm PDT

2025-08-08 Thread Joseph Brenner via perl6-users
Mike Pepi, "Against Platforms" (2025): "There has always been techno-determinist thinking. But something about the twenty-first century lends a sort of eschatological nature to it. The fear of being left behind by technology, failing to adapt, has warped the intellectual fabric of our institutions

The SF Perl Raku Study Group, 07/27 at 1pm PDT

2025-07-25 Thread Joseph Brenner via perl6-users
"Parallel systems generalize to what I will call a 'network.' A network has no 'top' or 'bottom.' Rather it has a plurality of connections that increase the possible interactions between components of the network. There is no central executive authority that oversees the system. A network has lots

The SF Perl Raku Study Group, 07/13 at 1pm PDT

2025-07-10 Thread Joseph Brenner via perl6-users
"The intuitively plausible claims for the cognitive benefits of programming have broadened in scope and in public attention. Although evidence does not support these claims as yet, their presumed validity is nonetheless affecting important decisions in public education ... " -- Roy D. Pea and D. M

Re: Exit code: -1073741515 ???

2025-07-09 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 7/9/25 4:09 PM, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: Hi All, Windows 11 I have seen this on two customers now.  It happens randomly. This is Cobian Reflector reading back the exit codes from my programs, which Cobian calls: "ERR The exit code of the program "C:\Program Files\

Exit code: -1073741515 ???

2025-07-09 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
Hi All, Windows 11 I have seen this on two customers now. It happens randomly. This is Cobian Reflector reading back the exit codes from my programs, which Cobian calls: "ERR The exit code of the program "C:\Program Files\Rakudo\bin\raku.exe" is not zero. Exit code: -1073741515" -1073741515

Discussion of problems with $/?

2025-06-22 Thread Joseph Brenner via perl6-users
I remember seeing something like a problem-solving issue talking about problems with $/ (or the current behavior of it), and I can't find it at the moment. Anyone know where that is? I see a reference to the topic in here, but there's no links from here: https://github.com/rakudo/rakudo/issues/5

The SF Perl Raku Study Group, 06/22 at 1pm PDT

2025-06-17 Thread Joseph Brenner via perl6-users
Everything is being covered over//with burnt springs. There are gods in every crevice. We are questions of ourselves. And in between is green, in shadow. Carrie Hunter, "IV. At the Factory" (2006) The Raku Study Group June 22, 2025 1pm in California, 8pm in the UK An informal meeting: drop by w

Re: VSS?

2025-06-13 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 6/12/25 6:27 AM, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: Hi All, Is there any Raku support for Windows VSS (Volume Shadow Copy)? Many thanks, -T I looking to make a shadow copy of a directory or directories, copy from it/them, then remove the shadow. Best I could find is calls to powershell

Re: How do I do this pop up?

2025-06-12 Thread Timo Paulssen via perl6-users
hub.com/MARTIMM/gnome-gtk3 I haven't immediately found instructions or indication related to windows from these two repos, though. On 6/12/25 15:24, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: On 5/21/25 12:19 AM, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: Hi All, Windows 10/11 How do I do a popup like this?  We

VSS?

2025-06-12 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
Hi All, Is there any Raku support for Windows VSS (Volume Shadow Copy)? Many thanks, -T

Re: How do I do this pop up?

2025-06-12 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 5/21/25 12:19 AM, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: Hi All, Windows 10/11 How do I do a popup like this?  Well somewhat like this. https://ibb.co/7JQdGJP4 Many thanks, -T Any third party utility that works with Raku to accomplish this?

Re: ones and twos compliment

2025-06-07 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 6/7/25 12:57 PM, Elizabeth Mattijsen wrote: On 7 Jun 2025, at 21:12, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: [0] > my int32 $y=-1073741510 -1073741510 [1] > my $ones-complement = +^$y; Bytecode validation error at offset 164, instruction 23: operand type 32 does not match register type

Re: ones and twos compliment

2025-06-07 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On Sat, Jun 7, 2025 at 4:53 AM ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: Is there an easy way to print ones' and two's compliment of a 32 bit integer? Many thanks, -T On 6/7/25 10:22 AM, Paul Procacci wrote: > my $number = 42; > my $ones-complement = +^$number; >

ones and twos compliment

2025-06-06 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
Hi All, Is there an easy way to print ones' and two's compliment of a 32 bit integer? Many thanks, -T sub ones-complement(Int $num) { my $binary = $num.base(2); my $complement = ''; for $binary.comb -> $bit { $complement ~= $bit eq '0' ?? '1' !! '0'; } return $compl

Ecosystem module version v1 to 1?

2025-06-06 Thread rir via perl6-users
It appears that the ecosystem or community prefers modules' strings without a leading 'v'. Since I have submitted both styles, I would like to change one module to a newer version string without the 'v'. Is this possible? rir

The SF Perl Raku Study Group, 06/08 at 1pm PDT

2025-06-05 Thread Joseph Brenner via perl6-users
"I can see those little wheels turning inside your head... *clickity clickity click*." -- Glenn Griffin in "The Desperate Hours" (1955) by Joseph Hayes The Raku Study Group June 8, 2025 1pm in California, 8pm in the UK An informal meeting: drop by when you can, show us what you've got, ask and

StackOverflow's 2025 Developer Survey is live!

2025-06-01 Thread William Michels via perl6-users
https://stackoverflow.blog/2025/05/29/not-just-a-vibe-the-stack-overflow-developer-survey-is-really-here/ Hi, If you code in Raku please navigate to the link above to learn about this year's survey. Then complete the survey! If you code in Raku please be sure to mark the appropriate check box,

Re: raku-toml confusion

2025-05-24 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 5/24/25 2:40 AM, Peter Pentchev wrote: On Fri, May 23, 2025 at 05:44:01PM -0700, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: Hi All, https://github.com/tony-o/raku-toml In the usage parsing example: Parsing TOML use TOML; my $config = from-toml("config.toml".IO.slurp);

Re: Raku one-liners posted on Unix & Linux StackExchange

2025-05-24 Thread William Michels via perl6-users
t be: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/651035/how-to-count-total-number-of-lines-of-all-txt-files/745652#745652 Cheers! > On May 21, 2025, at 13:08, Sean McAfee wrote: > > On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 12:51 PM William Michels via perl6-users > mailto:perl6-users@perl.org>> wrote:

raku-toml confusion

2025-05-23 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
Hi All, https://github.com/tony-o/raku-toml In the usage parsing example: Parsing TOML use TOML; my $config = from-toml("config.toml".IO.slurp); # use $config like any ol' hash This makes perfect sense to me. But in the Generating TOML example: use TOML; my $config = {

The SF Perl Raku Study Group, 05/25 at 1pm PDT

2025-05-23 Thread Joseph Brenner via perl6-users
We're charging ahead with a Raku Study Group this Sunday, despite Memorial Day weekend-- everyone loves the spring, but it's hell on allergies and scheduling a regular Sunday event. "Today we know that sometimes hieroglyphics stand for the things of which they are the images, but more frequently t

Re: how do I hide a variable from viewing

2025-05-21 Thread raf via perl6-users
On Wed, May 21, 2025 at 03:02:58PM +0300, Peter Pentchev wrote: > On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 10:10:06PM -0700, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: > > > > *From:* ToddAndMargo via perl6-users > > > > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 20, 2025 5:29 AM > > > > *To:* perl6-

Re: how do I hide a variable from viewing

2025-05-21 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 5/21/25 5:31 PM, Peter Pentchev wrote: The format itself is described athttps://toml.io/en/ There are libraries for reading and writing TOML files in all of the popular programming languages. Thank you!

Re: how do I hide a variable from viewing

2025-05-21 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 5/21/25 5:31 PM, Peter Pentchev wrote: When you do '. file.ini', you are NOT telling the shell to read an INI-style file, you are telling it to EXECUTE shell commands. Hi Peter, Your exposition was much better written and explained than mine. The only thing I would add is that it becomes p

Re: how do I hide a variable from viewing

2025-05-21 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 5/21/25 5:02 AM, Peter Pentchev wrote: On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 10:10:06PM -0700, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: *From:* ToddAndMargo via perl6-users *Sent:* Tuesday, May 20, 2025 5:29 AM *To:* perl6-users *Subject:* how do I hide a variable from viewing Hi All, Fedora 41 (Linux

How do I do this pop up?

2025-05-21 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
Hi All, Windows 10/11 How do I do a popup like this? Well somewhat like this. https://ibb.co/7JQdGJP4 Many thanks, -T

Re: how do I hide a variable from viewing

2025-05-20 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
*From:* ToddAndMargo via perl6-users *Sent:* Tuesday, May 20, 2025 5:29 AM *To:* perl6-users *Subject:* how do I hide a variable from viewing Hi All, Fedora 41 (Linux) Since my *.raku can be publicly read, how do I obscure the contents of a variable so other can not read it? Currently what I

Raku one-liners posted on Unix & Linux StackExchange

2025-05-20 Thread William Michels via perl6-users
Okay, tooting my own horn here: this past week I posted my 600th Unix & Linux StackExchange answer written in Raku: https://unix.stackexchange.com/search?q=user%3A227738+Raku Most of these answers are tagged "text-processing" (471 answers), while 122 answers mention the words "Raku" and "Unic

how do I hide a variable from viewing

2025-05-20 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
Hi All, Fedora 41 (Linux) Since my *.raku can be publicly read, how do I obscure the contents of a variable so other can not read it? Currently what I have been doing is setting the file's ownership to root:root and the attributes to 700 so only root can see it. I would be nice to obscure a va

Re: new win rakudo

2025-05-17 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 5/17/25 5:06 PM, Tom Browder wrote: On Sat, May 17, 2025 at 18:02 ToddAndMargo via perl6-users us...@perl.org <mailto:perl6-users@perl.org>> wrote: Hi All, My update program just caught a new update for Windows Rakudo: GetWinRakudo  new update downloaded  2

Re: Who owns the code?

2025-05-17 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On Tue, May 13, 2025, 5:24 AM ToddAndMargo via perl6-users us...@perl.org <mailto:perl6-users@perl.org>> wrote: Ooops.  that should have said "who" not "how" in the subject line. On 5/13/25 2:22 AM, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: > Hi All

new win rakudo

2025-05-17 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
Hi All, My update program just caught a new update for Windows Rakudo: GetWinRakudo new update downloaded 2025.04.01 --> 2025.05.0 https://rakudo.org/downloads No idea what the changes are. -T

Re: How owns the code?

2025-05-15 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 14 May 2025, at 19:54, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: On 5/14/25 5:13 AM, Lars Noodén wrote: On 5/14/25 06:54, Clifton Wood wrote: So for sure you own all of the code*prior* to your modifications. As Liz has stated, unless you discuss things with the customer and *he chooses to

Re: How owns the code?

2025-05-14 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 5/14/25 5:13 AM, Lars Noodén wrote: On 5/14/25 06:54, Clifton Wood wrote: So for sure you own all of the code*prior* to your modifications. As Liz has stated, unless you discuss things with the customer and *he chooses to relinquish his rights in writing*, then your modifications belong to

Re: How owns the code?

2025-05-13 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 5/13/25 8:54 PM, Clifton Wood wrote: So for sure you own all of the code /prior/ to your modifications. As Liz has stated, unless you discuss things with the customer and /he chooses to relinquish his rights in writing/, then your modifications belong to him. You can't hurt to start a disc

Re: How owns the code?

2025-05-13 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 5/13/25 3:46 AM, Elizabeth Mattijsen wrote: I'd say, unless you made prior arrangements with the client specifically stating that you own the copyright on the programming work you did, the client owns the rights to the code. Oh it is specific to his installation. And the specific code I w

Re: How owns the code?

2025-05-13 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 5/13/25 2:56 AM, Elizabeth Mattijsen wrote: On 13 May 2025, at 11:22, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: I just got off a YUGE jobs where I installed two servers, a firewall, and redid their networking. Part of what I did was a lot of coding to getting things all working as expected

Re: Who owns the code?

2025-05-13 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
Ooops. that should have said "who" not "how" in the subject line. On 5/13/25 2:22 AM, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: Hi All, I just got off a YUGE jobs where I installed two servers, a firewall, and redid their networking.  Part of what I did was a lot of coding t

How owns the code?

2025-05-13 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
Hi All, I just got off a YUGE jobs where I installed two servers, a firewall, and redid their networking. Part of what I did was a lot of coding to getting things all working as expected. Question: who own the code I created. I do not list code as a part (merchandise) on my invoices. I only c

The SF Perl Raku Study Group, 05/11 at 1pm PST

2025-05-09 Thread Joseph Brenner via perl6-users
"The style of any mathematic which comes into being, then, depends wholly on the Culture in which it is rooted, the sort of mankind it is that ponders it. ... The idea of the Euclidean geometry is actualized in the earliest forms of Classical ornament, and that of the Infinitesimal Calculus in the

The SF Perl Raku Study Group, 04/27 at 1pm PST (ALREADY IN PROGRESS)

2025-04-27 Thread Joseph Brenner via perl6-users
We've got the Raku Study group going, even as I type. Sorry if the email address change is confusing: doomvox is now tailorm...@pm.me Zoom meeting link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85308554316?pwd=52Bc9BpWgd7Xsi6tqQT2QhSQ8eWDkM.1 Passcode: 4RakuRoll

Re: How do I print a structure?

2025-04-12 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
for your personal use, it’s probably fine! An example:    [2] > for $Partition.^attributes { say “{.name}: {.get_value:    $Partition}” }    $!DeviceID:    $!VolumeName:    $!ProviderName:    $!UNC_BackupPath:    $!DriveType: 0    $!DriveTypeStr: Unknown    $!FreeSpace: 0    $!Size: 0

Re: rename and unc

2025-04-11 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On Apr 3, 2025, at 19:05, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users us...@perl.org> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM ToddAndMargo via perl6-users us...@perl.org <mailto:perl6-users@perl.org>> wrote: > > And another IO ffunctio that does ot work: > > RotateA

Re: rename and unc

2025-04-11 Thread William Michels via perl6-users
y-backup-to-original-location' strategy, look here: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/749558/remove-exact-line-from-file-if-present-leave-the-rest-of-lines-error-handling/749581#749581 > On Apr 3, 2025, at 19:05, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users > wrote: > > > On Thu, Apr 3

H9w do I print a structure?

2025-04-10 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
Hi All, I am not having any luck printing the values of a OOP structure, except for printing them one at a time. I can get it to messily print with `say`, but I want to do it with `print` so I can control the line feeds, comments, etc.. What am I doing wrong? Many thanks, -T [0] > class Part

Re: I need help with .IO.d.Bool

2025-04-06 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 4/5/25 6:58 PM, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: sub Directory I changed the name to DirectoryExists The new name is more human friendly

Re: I need help with .IO.d.Bool

2025-04-05 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 4/2/25 6:08 PM, Bruce Gray wrote: On Apr 2, 2025, at 19:47, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: --snip-- raku -e "say '\\192.168.240.10\oldserver\Backup\MyDocsBackup\backup1'.IO.d.Bool;" False --snip-- Moving this one-liner into a .raku file (to remove

Re: I need help with get-options

2025-04-04 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 4/2/25 8:22 AM, Bruce Gray wrote: my $CommandLine = CommandLineClass.new{    help   => False,    debug  => False,    UNC_BackupPath => Q[\\192.168.240.10\MyDocsBackup\backup1],    rotates    => 2,    ParentDir  => "/" }; The problem is with the syntax of the `new`. Y

Re: I need help with .IO.d.Bool

2025-04-04 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 4/2/25 9:53 PM, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: On 4/2/25 6:26 PM, Will Coleda wrote: Try printing the Str before you do anything with it to see what happens. I moved to powershell I mean I did a call to powershell to find if a directory existed

Re: rename and unc

2025-04-03 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
> On Thu, Apr 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM ToddAndMargo via perl6-users us...@perl.org <mailto:perl6-users@perl.org>> wrote: > > And another IO ffunctio that does ot work: > > RotateArchives: renaming directory > \\192.168.240.10\oldserver\Backup\MyDocsBackup\backup

Re: unc "for" bug

2025-04-03 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On Wed, Apr 2, 2025 at 11:37 PM ToddAndMargo via perl6-users us...@perl.org <mailto:perl6-users@perl.org>> wrote: Hi All, Windows Server 2025 (souped up W11) raku -v Welcome to RakudoΓäó v2025.02. Now this has to be a bug! Good result: raku -e &qu

rename and unc

2025-04-02 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
And another IO ffunctio that does ot work: RotateArchives: renaming directory \\192.168.240.10\oldserver\Backup\MyDocsBackup\backup6 to \\192.168.240.10\oldserver\Backup\MyDocsBackup\backup4 Failed to rename 'C:\192.168.240.10\oldserver\Backup\MyDocsBackup\backup6' to 'C:\192.168.240.10\old

Re: I need help with .IO.d.Bool

2025-04-02 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 4/2/25 6:26 PM, Will Coleda wrote: Try printing the Str before you do anything with it to see what happens. I moved to powershell

Re: I need help with .IO.d.Bool

2025-04-02 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 4/2/25 6:08 PM, Bruce Gray wrote: On Apr 2, 2025, at 19:47, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: --snip-- raku -e "say '\\192.168.240.10\oldserver\Backup\MyDocsBackup\backup1'.IO.d.Bool;" False --snip-- Moving this one-liner into a .raku file (to remove

unc "for" bug

2025-04-02 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
Hi All, Windows Server 2025 (souped up W11) raku -v Welcome to RakudoΓäó v2025.02. Now this has to be a bug! Good result: raku -e "for dir Q[C:\NtUtil] -> $i {say $i.Str;}" C:\NtUtil\2025-03-31 C:\NtUtil\CobianWrapper.raku C:\NtUtil\getopstest.raku C:\NtUtil\LinuxServerMount.bat

I need help with .IO.d.Bool

2025-04-02 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
Hi All, Windows Server 2025 (souped up W11) raku -v Welcome to RakudoΓäó v2025.02. I am trying to see if this directory exists: \\192.168.240.10\oldserver\Backup\MyDocsBackup\backup1 This is what raku .IO.d.Bool give me: raku -e "say '\\192.168.240.10\oldserver\Backup\MyDocsBackup\back

Re: I need help with get-options

2025-04-02 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 4/1/25 4:04 PM, Bruce Gray wrote: On Apr 1, 2025, at 03:55, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: --snip-- I have the following run string: raku C:\NtUtil\RLA.Backup.raku --rotates 345 --UNC_BackupPath \\192.168.240.10\Backup\MyDocsBackup\backup1 --debug use Getopt::Long; # get

Re: I need help with get-options

2025-04-01 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
Should have said "I need help with get-options"

I need help with

2025-04-01 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
Hi All, Windows Server 2025 (souped up W11) raku -v Welcome to Rakudo™ v2025.02. Implementing the Raku® Programming Language v6.d. Built on MoarVM version 2025.02. https://raku.land/cpan:LEONT/Getopt::Long I have the following run string: raku C:\NtUtil\RLA.Backup.raku --rotates 345 --UNC_

Re: I need help understanding a match

2025-01-16 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 1/16/25 1:41 AM, Todd Chester via perl6-users wrote: First I should apologize for one of my earlier posts. The first token was a bit of a jumble. I think now you just want the literal string "download" to start your capture. Hi Bill, Don't apologize. You are teaching me

Re: I need help understanding a match

2025-01-16 Thread Todd Chester via perl6-users
Thank you! On 1/13/25 18:20, William Michels via perl6-users wrote: Hi Todd, First I should apologize for one of my earlier posts. The first token was a bit of a jumble. I think now you just want the literal string "download" to start your capture. As per usual I tried a few

Re: Q[] question

2025-01-13 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 1/13/25 2:25 AM, Elizabeth Mattijsen wrote: On 12 Jan 2025, at 04:46, Kevin Pye wrote: On Sun, 12 Jan 2025, at 14:01, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: Hi All, Is Q[...] the same thing as <...> ? No. Q[…] is the bare quoting construct. There'll be no inter

Re: I need help understanding a match

2025-01-13 Thread William Michels via perl6-users
ou, which can help with stringification: [1] > $a ~~ m/ Y / andthen put $_.Str; Y I'll try to go through and correct what you wrote below. Best, Bill. > On Jan 12, 2025, at 03:11, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users > wrote: > > Hi Bill, > > Please correct my notes. > &

Re: I need help understanding a match

2025-01-12 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 1/12/25 3:11 AM, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: `?download ^`   # positive look-behind, match but don`t capture `download `   # `^` means "look behind" Opps, that should be: `?before ^` # positive look-behind, match but don`t capture

Re: I need help understanding a match

2025-01-12 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
Hi Bill, Please correct my notes. Many thanks, -T Explanation: my @y = $x ~~ m:g/ .*? | \h+ > /; `m:g` # match and global `\...\` # the constrains (beginning and end) of the match `<...>` # constraints of instructions inside the match First instruction: `` `?download ^` # p

Re: I need help understanding a match

2025-01-12 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 1/12/25 12:59 AM, William Michels via perl6-users wrote: ~$ /Users/admin/rakudo/rakudo-2024.09/rakudo-moar-2024.09-01-macos- arm64-clang/bin/raku -e '  \    my Str $AltClickHere = lines[0];  \    my @AltArray =       ($AltClickHere ~~ m:g/           download        #li

Re: I need help understanding a match

2025-01-12 Thread William Michels via perl6-users
#positive look-ahead, match but dont capture \> angle /).map(*.Str); \ .put for @AltArray;' todd_test.txt 'betterbird-128.6.0esr-bb20.de.linux-x86_64.tar.bz2' 'betterbird-128.6.0esr-bb20.en-US.linux-x86_64.tar.bz2' 'betterbird-128.6.0esr-bb20.es-AR

Re: Q[] question

2025-01-11 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 1/11/25 7:46 PM, Kevin Pye wrote: On Sun, 12 Jan 2025, at 14:01, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: Hi All, Is Q[...] the same thing as <...> ? No. Q[…] is the bare quoting construct. There'll be no interpolation of variables, no splitting into words, nothing

I need help understanding a match

2025-01-11 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
Hi All, In another post, Bill gave me a wonderful match that took a ridiculously long line of test and cut out what I wanted and put it into cells of an array. @ClickArray = $ClickPage ~~ m:g/ .*? | \h+ > /; I do not understand what he did. m:g = match and global <>= litteral ?

Q[] question

2025-01-11 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
Hi All, Is Q[...] the same thing as <...> ? my Str $z=Q[ab#\n] ab#\n my Str $z=Q{ab[#\n} ab[#\n my Str $z= ab#\n my Str $z= ab[#\n Many thanks, -T

Re: How to cut up a long line

2025-01-11 Thread William Michels via perl6-users
)>>.Str; \ .put for @AltArray; @AltArray.elems.say' todd_test.txt download='betterbird-128.6.0esr-bb20.de.linux-x86_64.tar.bz2' download='betterbird-128.6.0esr-bb20.en-US.linux-x86_64.tar.bz2' download='betterbird-128.6.0esr-bb20.es-AR.linux-x86_64.tar.bz2'

Re: How to cut up a long line

2025-01-11 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 1/11/25 2:20 AM, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: On 1/11/25 2:17 AM, ToddAndMargo wrote: On 1/10/25 9:35 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: On Jan 10, 2025, at 17:50, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users us...@perl.org> wrote: Hi All, I am scratching my head trying to figure out how to cut up t

Re: How to cut up a long line

2025-01-11 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 1/11/25 2:17 AM, ToddAndMargo wrote: On 1/10/25 9:35 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: On Jan 10, 2025, at 17:50, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users us...@perl.org> wrote: Hi All, I am scratching my head trying to figure out how to cut up this long line; download='betterbird-128.6.0esr-bb20.

Re: How to cut up a long line

2025-01-11 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 1/10/25 9:35 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: On Jan 10, 2025, at 17:50, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users us...@perl.org> wrote: Hi All, I am scratching my head trying to figure out how to cut up this long line; download='betterbird-128.6.0esr-bb20.de.linux-x86_64.tar.bz2'&g

Re: How to cut up a long line

2025-01-10 Thread William Michels via perl6-users
@AltArray.push: $_ for $AltClickHere.match(:global, / .*? | \h+ > /); \ .put for @AltArray;' todd_test.txt download='betterbird-128.6.0esr-bb20.de.linux-x86_64.tar.bz2' download='betterbird-128.6.0esr-bb20.en-US.linux-x86_64.tar.bz2' download='betterbird-

Re: How to cut up a long line

2025-01-10 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On Jan 10, 2025, at 17:50, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users us...@perl.org> wrote: Hi All, I am scratching my head trying to figure out how to cut up this long line; download='betterbird-128.6.0esr-bb20.de.linux-x86_64.tar.bz2'>class="img bz2">betterbird-12

Re: How to cut up a long line

2025-01-10 Thread William Michels via perl6-users
er script, how you're obtaining the input line(s), etc., if you need more guidance. HTH, Bill. > On Jan 10, 2025, at 17:50, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users > wrote: > > Hi All, > > I am scratching my head trying to figure out how to cut > up this long line; > >

How to cut up a long line

2025-01-10 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
Hi All, I am scratching my head trying to figure out how to cut up this long line; download='betterbird-128.6.0esr-bb20.de.linux-x86_64.tar.bz2'> class="img bz2"> betterbird-128.6.0esr-bb20.de.linux-x86_64.tar.bz2 class="data upper size fs-0-7">Size: 80.26MB Last modified: Tue. January 7t

MTP?

2025-01-09 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
Hi All, In Windows Raku, how do I read a MTP (Camera, etc.) device? Many thanks, -T

Re: oop pre salt question

2024-12-16 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 12/16/24 02:27, Elizabeth Mattijsen wrote: class Fruit { has Str $.location is rw = "Cucamonga"; has UInt $.apples is rw = 400; has UInt $.oranges is rw = 200; has UInt $.bananas is rw = 50; ``} Is the `` at the end a typo?

Re: oop pre salt question

2024-12-16 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 16 Dec 2024, at 10:49, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: Hi All, In the following; class Fruit { has Str $.location is rw; has UInt $.apples is rw; has UInt $.oranges is rw; has UInt $.bananas is rw; } # Pre-salted: my $FruitStand

oop pre salt question

2024-12-16 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
Hi All, In the following; class Fruit { has Str $.location is rw; has UInt $.apples is rw; has UInt $.oranges is rw; has UInt $.bananas is rw; } # Pre-salted: my $FruitStand = Fruit.new( location => "Cucamonga",

Re: "ICU - International Components for Unicode"

2024-12-09 Thread William Michels via perl6-users
https://perlweekly.com/a/samantha-mcvey.html > High End Unicode in Perl 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj_lgf7A2LM > Unicode Internals of Perl 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Vv7nUUDdeA > > >> On Sep 29, 2020, at 3:14 PM, William Michels via perl6-users >> wrot

Re: Is chat down for good?

2024-11-22 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 11/15/24 01:51, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: It is 01:50 Pacific Standard Time (PST). https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.libera.chat/#raku gives error 504.  I did clear my cache and reproduced on both Brave Browser and Firefox Back up yesterday at this end.

Re: zef how dependencies of installed modules?

2024-11-22 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 11/22/24 01:42, Quanrong via perl6-users wrote: > After the module gets installed, how can I ask zef > what the dependencies were? `zef --help` says that it's with the `depends` subcommand. So: $ zef depends File::Temp File::Directory::Tree:ver<0.1>:auth Hope that hel

Re: zef how dependencies of installed modules?

2024-11-22 Thread Quanrong via perl6-users
> After the module gets installed, how can I ask zef > what the dependencies were? `zef --help` says that it's with the `depends` subcommand. So: $ zef depends File::Temp File::Directory::Tree:ver<0.1>:auth Hope that helps!

zef how dependencies of installed modules?

2024-11-20 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
Hi All, zef install File::Temp ===> Searching for: File::Temp ===> Searching for missing dependencies: File::Directory::Tree ... Aborting due to test failure: File::Directory::Tree:ver<0.1>:auth (use --force-test to override) I did get this installed but I have a question about it. After the

Re: zef show dependencies of installed modules?

2024-11-20 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
Subject lacked the s in show. Sorry about that.

Re: Bug reporting etiquette question

2024-11-19 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
2024 at 4:49 AM ToddAndMargo via perl6-users us...@perl.org <mailto:perl6-users@perl.org>> wrote: Hi All, I am about to report a regression bug over on https://github.com/rakudo/rakudo/issues/new <https://github.com/ rakudo/rakudo/issues/new> A question about bug r

Re: I am getting flooded with tmp files

2024-11-18 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 11/18/24 21:04, Bruce Gray wrote: On Nov 18, 2024, at 22:49, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users us...@perl.org> wrote: On 11/18/24 20:06, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: I am getting flooded with tmp files.  I though I was erasing them (unlink).  What am I doing wrong: use File::T

Re: I am getting flooded with tmp files

2024-11-18 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 11/18/24 20:06, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: I am getting flooded with tmp files.  I though I was erasing them (unlink).  What am I doing wrong: use File::Temp; ... my Str $TmpFile = $?FILE; $TmpFile ~~ s| .* $( Q[/] ) ||;  # we need just the name $TmpFile ~~ s| $( Q

I am getting flooded with tmp files

2024-11-18 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
I am getting flooded with tmp files. I though I was erasing them (unlink). What am I doing wrong: use File::Temp; ... my Str $TmpFile = $?FILE; $TmpFile ~~ s| .* $( Q[/] ) ||; # we need just the name $TmpFile ~~ s| $( Q[.] ) .* ||; ($TmpFile, $TmpHandle) = tempfile(:tempdir("."), $TmpFile ~ "

Re: unhandled target type

2024-11-16 Thread Timo Paulssen via perl6-users
On 11/16/24 08:21, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: On 11/15/24 04:49, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: And in less than 24 hours, Timo located the regression and placed a pull request to fix it. In the 30 years I have been doing this stuff, I have NEVER seen that kind of a rapid

Re: Is there a Terminal::ANSIcolor for Windows?

2024-11-16 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 11/13/24 06:56, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: Since I know have a module to read and write the registry, my next step is to see if I can change the setting and have it work without having to exit the terminal and/or reboot the machine. NO need for a reboot. But if you are in a

Re: unhandled target type

2024-11-15 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 11/15/24 04:49, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: On 11/12/24 22:20, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: Hi All, Windows 11-24H4  Pro After upgrading to     RakudoMoar-2024.10.01-win-x86_64-msvc.msi from     RakudoMoar-2022.06.01-win-x86_64-msvc.msi I am throwing this error: I just

Re: Is chat down for good?

2024-11-15 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 11/15/24 07:21, Elizabeth Mattijsen wrote: #raku as channel name works for me On 15 Nov 2024, at 13:56, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: On 11/15/24 03:59, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: On 15 Nov 2024, at 10:51, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: It is 01:50 Pacific

Re: Is chat down for good?

2024-11-15 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 11/15/24 03:59, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: On 15 Nov 2024, at 10:51, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users us...@perl.org> wrote: It is 01:50 Pacific Standard Time (PST). https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.libera.chat/#raku gives error 504.  I did clear my cache and reproduced on both Br

Re: things I miss in Raku (from perl)

2024-11-15 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 10/17/24 18:45, rir via perl6-users wrote: 1) a simple C style call to call system features, etc. P6 has NativeCall, but it is not for the faint of heart. NativeCall makes calling C pretty easy, but that does not negate the difficulty of using C from a second language.. Try writing Win

Re: unhandled target type

2024-11-15 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 11/12/24 22:20, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: Hi All, Windows 11-24H4  Pro After upgrading to    RakudoMoar-2024.10.01-win-x86_64-msvc.msi from    RakudoMoar-2022.06.01-win-x86_64-msvc.msi I am throwing this error: I just reported it over on Regression: unhandled target type

Re: Is chat down for good?

2024-11-15 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 15 Nov 2024, at 10:51, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: It is 01:50 Pacific Standard Time (PST). https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.libera.chat/#raku gives error 504. I did clear my cache and reproduced on both Brave Browser and Firefox On 11/15/24 03:07, Elizabeth Mattijsen wrote

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