Re: [awkinfo] Re: awk.info »
Tim Menzies
mahesh has added his initials "(mp)" to the end of line of some of the
http://awkcookbook.info/index.cgi?files entries
please leave those entries to him.
thanks!
t
p.s. mahesh- i moved your initials to EOL so that the list formatting
still works.
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Mahesh Kumar Patel <mahp...@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://code.google.com/p/awk/source/browse/trunk/content/files.txt
>
> --MP
>
> On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Tim Menzies <t...@menzies.us> wrote:
>>
>> where did you write those?
>>
>> t
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 11:37 AM, Mahesh Kumar Patel <mahp...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Hello Tim,
>> >
>> > I'm doing good, how are you? I have added initials to some of the
>> > topics. I
>> > plan to finish as much as I can over the weekend. Weekends are the only
>> > days
>> > I get any work done.
>> >
>> > --Mahesh
>> >
>> > On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Tim Menzies <t...@menzies.us> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> hey mahesh,
>> >>
>> >> how you doing? i started porting my awk code into the cookbook and
>> >> found myself adding entries in your "turf" (the file stuff).
>> >>
>> >> if you "reserve" some entries then i'll stay away from those and do
>> >> other stuff (and there is lots of other stuff i can do)
>> >>
>> >> thanks!
>> >> t
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> 2010/3/2 Mahesh Kumar Patel <mahp...@gmail.com>:
>> >> > Hello Tim,
>> >> >
>> >> > Let me introduce myself. My name is Mahesh Kumar Patel, an Indian by
>> >> > nationality but currently living in Virginia USA.
>> >> >
>> >> > I'm familiar with Version Control systems. I have used CVS and SVN
>> >> > and I
>> >> > can
>> >> > quickluy set up a SVN repository on one of my servers if needed for
>> >> > this
>> >> > project. Regarding makefile, I have used it few years back and would
>> >> > just
>> >> > need to jog my memory.
>> >> >
>> >> > I have briefly gone through the list, some if them really easy
>> >> > one/two-liners, others not so easy. As part of the job I do, I'm a
>> >> > lot
>> >> > more
>> >> > familiar with Files, Hashes and Numbers, but I'm open to writing
>> >> > about
>> >> > anything else.
>> >> >
>> >> > One of the thing that I noticed was that the roadblock to easy
>> >> > adoption
>> >> > of
>> >> > awk was the way awk iterates through the file, one line at a time
>> >> > (without
>> >> > making it apparent). People don't grasp this. It would be worthwhile,
>> >> > to
>> >> > add
>> >> > afew pages just explaining this concept pictorially. Say for example
>> >> > a
>> >> > C/Java code transformed into awk.
>> >> >
>> >> > The list of standard headings seems fine. Like the way everything is
>> >> > organized.
>> >> >
>> >> > --Mahesh
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > 2010/3/1 Tim Menzies <t...@menzies.us>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> hey ace,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> welcome aboard! what kind of geek are you- ever used (e.g.) a
>> >> >> version
>> >> >> control system? a Makefile? i only ask to work out what kind of
>> >> >> tools
>> >> >> we should use.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> and, in the meantime, do you guys want to ....
>> >> >>
>> >> >> 1) propose new items for the list?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> 2) list 5 items you want to do first?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> 3) review http://docstore.mik.ua/orelly/webprog/pcook/ch01_01.htm
>> >> >> and
>> >> >> see what you want to borrow from the php cookbook. i was thinking
>> >> >> two
>> >> >> things:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> a) a list of standard headings (see below)
>> >> >>
>> >> >> b) each section gets an "intro" section where we store anything that
>> >> >> it is common for (e.g.) all strings.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> thanks!
>> >> >>
>> >> >> t
>> >> >>
>> >> >> standard headings (e.g. see
>> >> >> http://docstore.mik.ua/orelly/webprog/pcook/ch01_10.htm)
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Synopsis
>> >> >> Problem
>> >> >> Solution
>> >> >> Usage
>> >> >> Discussion
>> >> >> See Also
>> >> >> Status
>> >> >> TIN: Descriptive,
>> >> >> BRONZE: Sample outputs included in text
>> >> >> SILVER: Sample programs in this repository
>> >> >> GOLD: Test suite in this repository
>> >> >> DIAMOND: Test suites, with expected outputs, in this repository
>> >> >> Author
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 4:04 AM, Disqus
>> >> >> <notification...@disqus.net> wrote:
>> >> >> > ======
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Ace <mahp...@gmail.com> (unregistered) wrote:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Hi, I would like to volunteer. I'm a big fan of awk and have been
>> >> >> > using
>> >> >> > it for some years now.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > IP address: 98.169.119.70
>> >> >> > Link to comment: http://disq.us/d9yvo
>> >> >> >
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>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> --
>> >> >> there are those who call me... tim (menzies, ph.d.)
>> >> >> morgantown (39.6n, -79w), usa
>> >> >> assoc prof csee, wvu
>> >> >> http://menzies.us
>> >> >> 1-304-376-2859
>> >> >>
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>> >> >> overflow.
>> >> >> SOLUTION: Adopt the "http://four.sentenc.es" policy: no responses
>> >> >> longer than 4 sentences. It’s that simple. Care to try it?
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> there are those who call me... tim (menzies, ph.d.)
>> >> morgantown (39.6n, -79w), usa
>> >> assoc prof csee, wvu
>> >> http://menzies.us
>> >> 1-304-376-2859
>> >>
>> >> PROBLEM: Handling e-mail is very very very slow, resulting in inbox
>> >> overflow.
>> >> SOLUTION: Adopt the "http://four.sentenc.es" policy: no responses
>> >> longer than 4 sentences. It’s that simple. Care to try it?
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> there are those who call me... tim (menzies, ph.d.)
>> morgantown (39.6n, -79w), usa
>> assoc prof csee, wvu
>> http://menzies.us
>> 1-304-376-2859
>>
>> PROBLEM: Handling e-mail is very very very slow, resulting in inbox
>> overflow.
>> SOLUTION: Adopt the "http://four.sentenc.es" policy: no responses
>> longer than 4 sentences. It’s that simple. Care to try it?
>
>
--
there are those who call me... tim (menzies, ph.d.)
morgantown (39.6n, -79w), usa
assoc prof csee, wvu
http://menzies.us
1-304-376-2859
PROBLEM: Handling e-mail is very very very slow, resulting in inbox overflow.
SOLUTION: Adopt the "http://four.sentenc.es" policy: no responses
longer than 4 sentences. It’s that simple. Care to try it?