Hi all, I use Perl scripts in NoteTab Pro 4.95, with Perl 5.8.0., under Win XP Home Ed. When I was using Perl scipts in ealier versions of NoteTab Pro, and...
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Larry Hamilton
lm_hamilton
Dec 13, 2003 3:18 pm
Piotr, I have not played with Perl recently, but I too have the same versions of each that you mention. I recall that the error log is in the same location. I...
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Alan C.
acummingsus
Dec 13, 2003 9:33 pm
NoteTab Pro 4.95, with ActiveState Perl 5.8.1. build 807, under Win 2K SP4 ... XP Home Ed. ... [ it worked with earlier versions of O.S. and softwares . . But...
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Piotr Bieńkowski
syntaxpb
Dec 19, 2003 9:24 am
Hi again, Has anybody figured out how to write scipts for Perl 5.8.0 so that the "code 26" character (which shows as a box in NoteTab) does not appear? For...
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Sheri
silvermoonwo...
Dec 19, 2003 9:46 am
... Hi Piotr, See if this is of help -- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ntb-scripts/message/201 My Perl is pretty rusty today. Sheri...
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Alan C.
acummingsus
Dec 19, 2003 11:49 am
... A few months ago I went and queried on some Perl newsgroup if there be a commandline switch or anything to stop it from happening. But no. Evidently it...
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Sheri
silvermoonwo...
Dec 19, 2003 4:43 pm
... Activestate Perl 5.81 build 807 on Win 2k SP4 ... Try it this way: while (<>) { if (eof && $] > 5.006) { $badchar = chr(26); s/($badchar)$//; } $item = $_;...
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Sheri
silvermoonwo...
Dec 19, 2003 6:28 pm
... Win XP Home Ed. ... and with an earlier version of Perl, under Windows 95, if my script was wrong, there a file was written with the error message to the ...
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Don Passenger
dpasseng@...
Dec 19, 2003 7:32 pm
I often test clip syntax using Wayne's Note Awk Library clip for perl syntax. I now write all of my scripts in taint mode, but the -T kills the error...
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Sheri
silvermoonwo...
Dec 20, 2003 4:30 pm
Here's another way of dealing with the chr(26), but it requires the input to be read into a new array. It takes the chr(26) out of the bad record in the array....
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Piotr Bieńkowski
syntaxpb
Dec 20, 2003 5:53 pm
W dniu Sat, 20 Dec 2003 16:30:23 -0000 ... Thanks Sheri, I learned new ways of doing old tricks :) Piotr...
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Alan C.
acummingsus
Dec 21, 2003 4:54 am
... [ . clips - see earlier post for them . ] Hi Sheri, it's common on say newsgroups of perl.beginners comp.lang.perl.misc both of those two and it might...
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Alan C.
acummingsus
Dec 21, 2003 5:07 am
Hi All, FWIW the 5.6.x versions of Activestate Perl did not get the box character into Ntab like the 5.8.x versions do. Pl 5.8 supports Unicode (if I've got...
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Larry Hamilton
lm_hamilton
Dec 21, 2003 5:20 am
... NoteTab has the ability to open Unicode files. I asked for this about a year ago because one of the genealogy programs I use, exports to Unicode by ...
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Sheri
silvermoonwo...
Dec 21, 2003 11:17 am
Hi Alan, Thanks for posting your experience, was wondering if you'd tried it. ... doc got emptied was the result. ... here -- but they just empty the doc. ... ...
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acummingsus
Dec 21, 2003 8:42 pm
... [ . . ] ... by the path it appears you are running it in a way other than what i am. generally i run it (from within a clip library) like the perl script ...
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Sheri
silvermoonwo...
Dec 22, 2003 12:30 am
Hi Alan, The StdError.err file gets deleted when you start running a Perl script. So if you have it loaded in a document buffer, you have to reload it to see...
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Alan C.
acummingsus
Dec 22, 2003 5:27 am
... Hi, Got it running here! Notice next my get_around (for some unknown to me reason, my 'puter didn't like your line with 5.006 in it). It appears i guess...
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Sheri
silvermoonwo...
Dec 22, 2003 2:13 pm
Hi Alan, Do you have nonprinting characters showing in your NTP? I'm thinking maybe something that looks like a space but isn't one got into your script either...
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acummingsus
Dec 23, 2003 4:55 am
... There are no spaces. Ntab matters spaces, Perl doesn't, Perl could care less. The two if lines with 5.006 match. print "Current Perl Version is ", $],...
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Sheri
silvermoonwo...
Dec 23, 2003 11:49 am
Hi Alan, Last try -- I posted a test clb library file with two clips in it that work fine for me. http://tinyurl.com/36lnb If they work, it must be something...
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Piotr Bieńkowski
syntaxpb
Dec 23, 2003 12:15 pm
W dniu Tue, 23 Dec 2003 11:49:28 -0000 ... Hi Sheri, I started this thread :) , so here's my bit: I tested both clips and this is what I get from Perl figures...
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Sheri
silvermoonwo...
Dec 23, 2003 1:59 pm
... wrote: Hi Piotr! Yes, yours works fine <g> Are you also on the clips list? I posted a new clip/script package for Notetab document history that uses Perl....
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Piotr Bieńkowski
syntaxpb
Dec 23, 2003 2:07 pm
W dniu Tue, 23 Dec 2003 13:59:45 -0000 ... Yes, I thinnk I'm on almost all Notetab-related lists, maybe with the exception of the basic list and next-release...
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Alan C.
acummingsus
Dec 23, 2003 8:56 pm
... Your url doesn't work for me at this time. I've already ruled out the files. Obviously works on Win XP. But Win 2k with some differences. I think it has...
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Sheri
silvermoonwo...
Dec 24, 2003 1:19 am
... Try it this way: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ntb-scripts/files/4_Alan.zip ... I am still not convinced. Perl is supposed to be cross platform. We are...
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Alan C.
acummingsus
Dec 24, 2003 1:58 am
Hi Sheri, maybe we'll find out something yet . . . The next zip file has 4_Alan.clb inside the zip file with an added clip. ...
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Sheri
silvermoonwo...
Dec 24, 2003 2:18 am
Well, guess what? Nbr 3 doesn't work here either! Haven't studied it yet, no obvious explanation, but if I discover something I'll let you know. Sheri...
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Sheri
silvermoonwo...
Dec 24, 2003 2:38 am
Got it! Your version has a non-breaking space (character 160) in front of 5.006. I'm guessing that your Yahoo option is to display messages as HTML and somehow...
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Alan C.
acummingsus
Dec 24, 2003 5:57 am
... Sure enough. It had a space appearing space but upon closer examination the dot wasn't there with the non-printing turned on. View source on a text file...
