1. Re: [WIN] The installer (iteration 3)
- Posted by Kat <gertie at PELL.NET> May 05, 2001
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On 5 May 2001, at 16:53, Travis Beaty wrote: > > Kat wrote: > > > Travis, i suggest it contain all the internetworking code (such as http > and > > telnet and ftp and etc get and put, when i find one that works 100% 100% > > 100%), and all the string handling includes (like tokens and string.e and > etc). > > And a easy-to-use gui for input and screen display, and diskfile (like > "object > > data = glom(TheWholeDiskFile)" ) and physical port i/o, for the OS of > choice. > > That should about cover it. ) > > Hon, you done it to me again. I can't make heads or tails of what you just > said. Remember, I know **nothing** about internet programming, and very > little > about the Internet in general. Please rephrase the above as though you are > speaking to Forrest Gump. (And no, the Internet is not like a box of > chocolates.) Ok, when i said: >>internetworking code (such as http and telnet and ftp and etc get and put, I mean treating the internet as if it were a disk file, no more difficult than that. >> when i find one that works 100% 100% 100%), I mean that i have had trouble with every http code on the RDS site, altho, like i said, i may have bugged up the Web Shepard myself. Right now, i have the get_file() (that Mike sent me, not the package on the RDS page) working, and EInetLib_full.ew working, Mike's version of the tcp4u is working on everything i throw at it so far (in http protocol). I am going to try to make it do email too, because i want to get that job off of the mirc program and into Eu. There is code to *send* email on the RDS site, but nothing to *get* it. >>and all the string handling includes (like tokens and string.e and etc). I meant all code that makes sequences look like strings, like David's perl regexp code, the string.e code, the tokens code, and anything else a newbie or experienced programmer would need to manipulate real-world text. >>and physical port i/o, Code that works to deal with the serial and parallel ports on the puter, in dos, windows, and linux. It should be able to recieve the data_ready interrupt for the port, read the chip settings, and reprogram the com chips for any supported modes. Handling the modem and ethernet/lan cards would be a real plus. To my way of thinking, this code should be as easy to use as reading a file off the disk. Speaking of such, Eu doesn't seem to have a command to set a variable or constant to the entire file contents. Basically, any code that interfaces the puter to the real world (com/lpt ports) and other data sources (inter/intranet), and gives the user the string libraries to manage that text/data. Kat, frustrated that her puter is so loaded with work that it is a word behind her typing.