Dear Nelson, No I don't need to "learn to program". Sorry to be so blunt, but frankly I have zero interest in programming beyond a very basic level.
I edit scripts for games (used to anyway nearly everyday) and it IS very close to programming in a sense. The difference is if I want an alias function *same as a linux alias basically* Or something more complex than say: bind >key< "weapon 6"; say_team "HELP I'm under fire!" I ask some programming friends. To be honest, I just want to be able to edit scripts in linux w/out screwing them up. And if I do, I need to be able to figure out how to "un-edit" them properly. So to that end I'm trying to gain an understanding of how to use a shell properly while still logged in to Xwindow, as an example. *As an aside, I have fubared my sys enough so I couldn't login to Xwindow. Had to login @ a shell prompt & Unfubar my script for video I'd edited on the advice of a tutorial.* Anyway I hope that clarifies the issue. Frankly, I'm just lost with scripts & function calls. :( Femme Nelson Bartley wrote: > > as a general rule, if you are going to be doing any form of scripting > you have to have a basic understanding of how programing works. > > Understanding concepts such as flow control, the basic operators, what > types of data you can store, these are all required to do scripting (in > any real sense). > > But back to the original topic, what PROGRAMS or SCRIPTS do you feel are > missing that you would like to have?
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