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Re^12: Open txt file using default program on Windows
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jun 03, 2013 at 20:56 UTC

    When you use the term 'perldoc' unqualified, do you expect people to interpret it to mean 'perldoc perldoc'?

    Because that is the logical equivalent of what you are suggesting.

    You misunderstood -- which is fine, we all do from time to time -- but (to continue) trying to blame your misunderstanding on me is ...


    With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'
    Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
    "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
    In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

      If you'd just communicate clearly, you'd be misunderstood less often, that's all. I only "blame" you for being terse and unclear.

        The let me be clear now.

        You said:"I've never written a Perl script that opens a text file in Notepad (or any interactive text editor), and I can't imagine why anyone else would.

        I offered you the name of a perl script, that has come with every perl distribution for at least the last 10 years and probably longer, that does exactly that.

        And that should and could have been end of ...

        You misunderstood, no one else did. So, own it.


        With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'
        Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
        "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
        In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.