Long day

[altivo]

Punctuated with silly things, like trying to figure out the obtuse macro language of tinyfugue.

Gotta go sleep.... ZZzzzzz....

Comments

[duskwuff.livejournal.com]

Heh... TF is a great client, but their scripting language is awful. I've got a massive config file back from when I used it regularly with features like name autocompletion, line pushing, and deidle. I could toss you a copy if you like.

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Sure, thanks, I'd be interested in working examples. The ones given in the "documentation" are not too helpful. I've generally avoided the macros for that reason. As you say, it's otherwise a pretty good client, and especially so for me since it's the same on multiple platforms. Even the Amiga version is almost identical to Linux and Windows. You can e-mail it to me @livejournal.com if you like.

[duskwuff.livejournal.com]

Sent. And no, I'm still not always sure what the difference between $(...), %{...}, $[...] and $$[...] is without resorting to trial and error.

[hrrunka]

Yeah, TF's not quite in the same class as sendmail, so I guess we can be thankful for small mercies...

[altivo.livejournal.com]

In terms of contorted syntax and bad documentation, I'd say it's a tie. But if you get it wrong in tf, you are not so likely to be risking a collapse of your entire system as the hackers come thronging through the breach. ;p

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's one of the irritations. Another is the "Don't use % if you can avoid it because it wastes time and CPU" but "Sometimes % is required, as in the following 25 sort of vague cases..."

Actually, the thing that was giving me fits was the matching algorithms for /hook. They are NOT as documented, it turns out.

[hrrunka]

True. ;)

[octatonic.livejournal.com]

Sleep well in yer stall hoss.

Tinyfugue would make me Zzzzz too. c.c

[altivo.livejournal.com]

As I said above, it has advantages. It works on everything, with the same user interface everywhere. Since I use so many different machines and operating systems, I do like that.

[octatonic.livejournal.com]

Still...shhhh.

*covers you with a wool blanket from
a pedigree of honorable war hosses
and leaves you tasty snacks for when
you wake up*

[duskwuff.livejournal.com]

Well, they're both Turing-complete... only difference is that sendmail isn't intentionally so.

[cabcat.livejournal.com]

Ponders putting ribbon in your mane while you sleep.