Re: the getting started guide

2002-10-22 Thread Steve Fink
On Oct-19, Bryan C. Warnock wrote: > On Fri, 2002-10-11 at 15:19, Erik Lechak wrote: > > Almost got to this one within a week! ;-) > > > > > 2) When I reply should I 'reply to all' or just reply to > > perl6-internals? (This is my first mailing list) > > I know Dan addressed part of this in

Re: the getting started guide

2002-10-19 Thread Bryan C. Warnock
On Fri, 2002-10-11 at 15:19, Erik Lechak wrote: Almost got to this one within a week! ;-) > > 2) When I reply should I 'reply to all' or just reply to > perl6-internals? (This is my first mailing list) I know Dan addressed part of this in his reply, but there's one other reason for 'reply to

Re: the getting started guide

2002-10-12 Thread Robert Spier
>4)How do I get pod2html to give me html that looks like the docs on >http://www.parrotcode.org/docs/? Ha! :) We're using a slightly tweaked (by Graham Barr for search.cpan.org) version of POD::POM and a stylesheet. You can find the stylesheet here: http://dev.perl.org/perl-styles.css Onc

Re: the getting started guide

2002-10-12 Thread Bruce Gray
On Thu, 10 Oct 2002 00:37:22 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Erik Lechak) wrote: --snip-- >Where can I get a reliable port of cvs for Windows? >My old executable (v1.11)works fine. Here are some pointers for you, and for possible inclusion in your "getting started" document. CVSHome.org is re-organi

Re: the getting started guide

2002-10-11 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 3:19 PM -0400 10/11/02, Erik Lechak wrote: Since I am writing, I have a few stupid questions for you guys (sorry, I hope that by asking these question others won't have to): 1) I subscribed to the perl6 mailing list, I get two of each message. One addressed to me and the other cc'd to perl6

Re: the getting started guide

2002-10-11 Thread Erik Lechak
Aldo Calpini wrote: > > >www.cygwin.com > >full-blown command-line CVS. you won't miss *nix again ;-) > > I downloaded version 1.2 of WinCVS and that cvs.exe supports pserver. I just wanted to ensure that the instructions I give on the guide are accurate. Now I specify the 1.2 version in

Re: the getting started guide

2002-10-11 Thread Aldo Calpini
Erik Lechak wrote: > Yep I cut and pasted it right from my console. I'll download the newest > realease and try it again and try v1.2. If someone could tell me where > to get cvs for windows without all the GUI that would be great. www.cygwin.com full-blown command-line CVS. you won't miss *n

Re: the getting started guide

2002-10-10 Thread Erik Lechak
Robert Spier wrote: >>>So the html is canonical and you're converting it to pod? I'm >>>confused. >>> >>> >>I am writing it in my own format. It lets me take notes, write todo >>lists, autogenerate the table of contents and glossary. Then I run it >>through some perl that currently spits

Re: the getting started guide

2002-10-10 Thread Simon Wistow
On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 07:17:01PM -0400, Dan Sugalski said: > I'll see about getting some of the internal structures diagrammed > better, which is the only place things are a little dodgy, but that's > otherwise fine. [accidentally sent to Robert Spier ony earlier] Autodia (http://www.droogs.

Re: the getting started guide

2002-10-09 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 10:07 PM -0700 10/9/02, Robert Spier wrote: > >I'll see about getting some of the internal structures diagrammed >>better, which is the only place things are a little dodgy, but that's >>otherwise fine. > >Simon Wistow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dropped me an email and reminded >me about AutoDia http

Re: the getting started guide

2002-10-09 Thread Robert Spier
>>So the html is canonical and you're converting it to pod? I'm >> confused. >I am writing it in my own format. It lets me take notes, write todo >lists, autogenerate the table of contents and glossary. Then I run it >through some perl that currently spits out html and almost make pod. Whatev

Re: the getting started guide

2002-10-09 Thread Robert Spier
>I'll see about getting some of the internal structures diagrammed >better, which is the only place things are a little dodgy, but that's >otherwise fine. Simon Wistow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dropped me an email and reminded me about AutoDia http://droogs.org/autodia/ >Now, here's hoping CVS doesn't

Re: the getting started guide

2002-10-09 Thread Erik Lechak
tory >> >> > >This is you, not the server. > >What does echo %USERPROFILE% at a command prompt show? > >-R > > I figured out the problem, and added a few lines to the getting started guide. I had to adjust the %HOME% variable. I found another problem, I

Re: the getting started guide

2002-10-09 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 11:28 PM -0400 10/8/02, Erik Lechak wrote: >Well here it is, my first attempt at a "getting started" guide. >It's not ready for public consumption, but I would like to hear some >feedback. The later sections are blank or contain notes in a not >nice format. As time moves on and I learn mor

Re: the getting started guide

2002-10-09 Thread David Wheeler
On Wednesday, October 9, 2002, at 08:49 AM, Erik Lechak wrote: >> Oh, and spell Piers Cawley's name correctly! :-) >> > > DAMN! I new that would happen. Piers, if your out there listening, > forgive me. Did you misspell it a "Bunch" of times? (Sorry Piers, couldn't resist!) David -- Davi

Re: the getting started guide

2002-10-09 Thread Erik Lechak
Steve Fink wrote: > >Oh, and spell Piers Cawley's name correctly! :-) > > DAMN! I new that would happen. Piers, if your out there listening, forgive me. Erik

Re: the getting started guide

2002-10-08 Thread Robert Spier
>2.) You mention getting a Perl distribution for Windows, but don't metnion >getting a C compiler. > I would recommend saying something about CygWin (www.cygwin.com) or >perhaps a dos based C compiler. cvs, perl, and make all become non-issues >when CygWin is added to the mix; although perfo

Re: the getting started guide

2002-10-08 Thread Robert Spier
>Well here it is, my first attempt at a "getting started" guide. It's >not ready for public consumption, but I would like to hear some When this stabilizes, we can make it available on www.parrotcode.org >I plan to have a lot more diagrams in the document. I am using 'dia' >to create them. I

Re: the getting started guide

2002-10-08 Thread Tanton Gibbs
gt; Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 11:28 PM Subject: the getting started guide > > Hi, > > Well here it is, my first attempt at a "getting started" guide. It's > not ready for public consumption, but I would like to hear some > feedback. The later sections are blank

Re: the getting started guide

2002-10-08 Thread Steve Fink
A *very* nice start. Please don't burn yourself out, though -- I got worried when you gave the whole rundown on the configure system. It's a great thing to have documented, but it's a lot to wade through before getting into the juicy bits. (For you, I mean -- it's sufficiently brief in the documen

the getting started guide

2002-10-08 Thread Erik Lechak
Hi, Well here it is, my first attempt at a "getting started" guide. It's not ready for public consumption, but I would like to hear some feedback. The later sections are blank or contain notes in a not nice format. As time moves on and I learn more, I expect the guide to fill up. It's ta