Oh yeah, forgot to mention, relying on Cpan modules would definitely be a headache for me. I am hopping around to different machines frequently, and I can't be geeking around trying to install modules in unfamiliar environments when I just need to run a script pronto, especially say, a Mac that doesn't have dev tools installed, etc. Non-reliance on Cpan gives me maximum portability. | [reply] |
Except under Win, there should be vi on most machines...
Regards from the past, Sincerely yours, hdb
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Ah, a very simple and clever "why didn't I think of that?" solution, thanks. If I were to go that route I'd probably use nano as it's more straightforward if you just do simple editing. It won't quite work for me though as I don't want the editor to take up the whole screen so user can compare/copy/paste other printed text above it (I'm not just writing an editor, but using it as a component of a specialized tool.) I could use vim/split screen, though this gets clumsy (back to vim modes/commands complexity, manually have to remember the filename to open in :split, yada yada) and I want the user to be able to simply answer a "do you want..." and immediately have the display I want. Anyway, not the UX I'm looking for.
Good simple suggestion though without knowing all the details of my needs.
And even academically, I would like to know the answer to the op using core perl.
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