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Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 18:46:50 -0500
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Hey Kenneth!

Jan 11 15:55 06, Kenneth Parrish wrote to Maurice Kinal:

 KP>  DESCRIPTION
 KP>         eruby interprets a Ruby code embedded text file. For exam?
 KP>         ple, eruby enables you to embed a  Ruby  code  to  a  HTML
 KP>         file.   A  Ruby block starts with `'.
 KP>         eRuby replaces the block with its output.  If `<%' is fol?
 KP>         lowed by `=', eRuby replaces the block with a value of the
 KP>         block.  If `<%' is followed by `#', the block  is  ignored
 KP>         as a comment.

I can see that being useful.  Maybe I'll write a simular filter using microperl
and/or bash.  That way I won't need a web server to serve up pages to a local
text browser.  Offhand this sounds quite doable.

 MK>> bash.  No additional libs are required but the modules would be
 MK>> required for cgi scripting etc.
 KP> yes, i think

See above.  This should work without ruby and I shouldn't even need perl
modules to pull it off.  Might even get away with just bash scripted sed with the
output being redirected to a browser.  However I'm betting microperl would be
more effecient and faster.

 KP> 2.6.15-git7 is big

 KP> -rw-------  1 ken users 3189279 Jan 11 03:53
 KP> /home/ken/build/kernel/patch-2.6.15-git7.bz2

Yeah that is big.  I'll have to check the changelog later.

 KP> it configured and compiled nicely for me but i included some of the 
 KP> new stuff (experimental) and had a lockup soon,

I hate when that happens.

 KP> :) some nice features even now

Sounds great.

 KP> ... Try not to have a good time. This is supposed to be educational.  

Nah.  The plan here is to have fun despite it being educational.  When it stops
being fun I'll turn on the TV.  No danger of 'educational' there.

Life is good,
Maurice