From stephen at jadevine.org.uk Tue May 1 01:10:04 2012 From: stephen at jadevine.org.uk (Stephen Quinney) Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 09:10:04 +0100 Subject: [Edinburgh-pm] Coming to Edinburgh In-Reply-To: <4F9ED64B.5090901@assyrian.org.uk> References: <4F5208C4.50307@dave.org.uk> <20120425132452.30516wc8uvnqj384@webmail.mag-sol.com> <20120425151012.303853tr7mrd3o3o@webmail.mag-sol.com> <4F9ED64B.5090901@assyrian.org.uk> Message-ID: I'm planning to be there from about 7:15pm Stephen On 30 April 2012 19:13, Miles Gould wrote: > Do we have a kickoff time for Tuesday's emergency meeting yet? I'm wondering > if we have time for a quick meeting of Climbers.pm beforehand... > > Miles > > _______________________________________________ > Edinburgh-pm mailing list > Edinburgh-pm at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/edinburgh-pm From perl at aaroncrane.co.uk Tue May 1 01:11:25 2012 From: perl at aaroncrane.co.uk (Aaron Crane) Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 09:11:25 +0100 Subject: [Edinburgh-pm] Coming to Edinburgh In-Reply-To: <4F9EF2FA.8010304@dave.org.uk> References: <4F5208C4.50307@dave.org.uk> <20120425132452.30516wc8uvnqj384@webmail.mag-sol.com> <20120425151012.303853tr7mrd3o3o@webmail.mag-sol.com> <4F9ED64B.5090901@assyrian.org.uk> <4F9EF2FA.8010304@dave.org.uk> Message-ID: Dave Cross wrote: > I'm planning to get there some time between 6:30 and 7:00. But I've got > nowhere else to go that evening, so I'm planning to be there for a while. I'll aim to get there at that sort of time too, then. See you tonight! -- Aaron Crane ** http://aaroncrane.co.uk/ From perl at minty.org Tue May 1 01:21:07 2012 From: perl at minty.org (Murray) Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 09:21:07 +0100 Subject: [Edinburgh-pm] Coming to Edinburgh In-Reply-To: <4F9EF2FA.8010304@dave.org.uk> References: <4F5208C4.50307@dave.org.uk> <20120425132452.30516wc8uvnqj384@webmail.mag-sol.com> <20120425151012.303853tr7mrd3o3o@webmail.mag-sol.com> <4F9ED64B.5090901@assyrian.org.uk> <4F9EF2FA.8010304@dave.org.uk> Message-ID: <20120501082059.GJ18942@mooker.vm.bytemark.co.uk> On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 09:15:54PM +0100, Dave Cross wrote: > I'm planning to get there some time between 6:30 and 7:00. But I've > got nowhere else to go that evening, so I'm planning to be there for > a while. I'd imagine I'll be there sometime after 6, sometime before 6.30. From alex.brelsfoard at gmail.com Fri May 18 16:56:44 2012 From: alex.brelsfoard at gmail.com (Alex Brelsfoard) Date: Sat, 19 May 2012 00:56:44 +0100 Subject: [Edinburgh-pm] Converting Microsoft Word Special Characters Message-ID: Hi All, I was wondering if I could get some help here. I am looking for an existing function/method/module that will properly convert all special characters (like those from Microsoft Word: smart quotes, mdash, ellipses, bullet points, etc.) to either a matching simpler character, or an HTML entity. HTML::Entities does a close job, but it does not handle everything correctly. I need to clean this data up for use in a google product feed (xml). Here is an example of some text I am having trouble with: ( the +'s are actually bullet points) ====== begin ====== My doctor has recommended a dream specialist, and together we are trying to figure out what these nightmares mean. Jump into Hidden Object action in Doors of the Mind ? Inner Mysteries.ADVANTAGES OF THE COMPLETE VERSION :DOORS OF THE MIND: INNER MYSTERIES + Dark atmosphere+ Spooky gameplay+ Explore a world of nightmares! ======= end ======= And here is the output from using HTML::Entities: ====== begin ====== My doctor has recommended a dream specialist, and together we are trying to figure out what these nightmares mean. Jump into Hidden Object action in Doors of the Mind – Inner Mysteries.ADVANTAGES OF THE COMPLETE VERSION :DOORS OF THE MIND: INNER MYSTERIES + Dark atmosphere+ Spooky gameplay+ Explore a world of nightmares! ======= end ======= Notice the extra  all over the place. Any help you can provide would be immensely helpful. Thanks. --Alex -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From robrwo at gmail.com Sat May 19 06:13:11 2012 From: robrwo at gmail.com (Robert Rothenberg) Date: Sat, 19 May 2012 14:13:11 +0100 Subject: [Edinburgh-pm] Converting Microsoft Word Special Characters In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4FB79C67.1070102@gmail.com> Searching for "msword" on CPAN gives http://search.cpan.org/~amiri/MSWord-ToHTML-0.005/ On 19/05/12 00:56 Alex Brelsfoard wrote: > Hi All, > > I was wondering if I could get some help here. I am looking for an existing > function/method/module that will properly convert all special characters > (like those from Microsoft Word: smart quotes, mdash, ellipses, bullet > points, etc.) to either a matching simpler character, or an HTML entity. > > HTML::Entities does a close job, but it does not handle everything correctly. > > I need to clean this data up for use in a google product feed (xml). > > Here is an example of some text I am having trouble with: > ( the +'s are actually bullet points) > ====== begin ====== > My doctor has recommended a dream specialist, and together we are trying to > figure out what these nightmares mean. Jump into Hidden Object action in > Doors of the Mind ? Inner Mysteries.ADVANTAGES OF THE COMPLETE VERSION > :DOORS OF THE MIND: INNER MYSTERIES + Dark atmosphere+ Spooky > gameplay+ Explore a world of nightmares! > ======= end ======= > > And here is the output from using HTML::Entities: > ====== begin ====== > My doctor has recommended a dream specialist, and together we are trying to > figure out what these nightmares mean. Jump into Hidden Object action in > Doors of the Mind – Inner Mysteries.ADVANTAGES OF THE > COMPLETE VERSION :DOORS OF THE MIND: INNER > MYSTERIES + Dark atmosphere+ Spooky > gameplay+ Explore a world of nightmares! > ======= end ======= > > Notice the extra  all over the place. > > Any help you can provide would be immensely helpful. > > Thanks. > --Alex > > > > _______________________________________________ > Edinburgh-pm mailing list > Edinburgh-pm at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/edinburgh-pm From alex.brelsfoard at gmail.com Sat May 19 15:24:38 2012 From: alex.brelsfoard at gmail.com (Alex Brelsfoard) Date: Sat, 19 May 2012 23:24:38 +0100 Subject: [Edinburgh-pm] Converting Microsoft Word Special Characters In-Reply-To: <4FB79C67.1070102@gmail.com> References: <4FB79C67.1070102@gmail.com> Message-ID: Just got a chance to take a look at this. And whereas this is kinda cool, what I need is something where I can take a string that may or may not have special characters in it, pass it to this module/method/function, and have it return clean text (either non-special characters, or the best HTML representation of it). Any thoughts on that? --Alex On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 2:13 PM, Robert Rothenberg wrote: > Searching for "msword" on CPAN gives > > http://search.cpan.org/~amiri/MSWord-ToHTML-0.005/ > > On 19/05/12 00:56 Alex Brelsfoard wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I was wondering if I could get some help here. I am looking for an > existing > > function/method/module that will properly convert all special characters > > (like those from Microsoft Word: smart quotes, mdash, ellipses, bullet > > points, etc.) to either a matching simpler character, or an HTML entity. > > > > HTML::Entities does a close job, but it does not handle everything > correctly. > > > > I need to clean this data up for use in a google product feed (xml). > > > > Here is an example of some text I am having trouble with: > > ( the +'s are actually bullet points) > > ====== begin ====== > > My doctor has recommended a dream specialist, and together we are trying > to > > figure out what these nightmares mean. Jump into Hidden Object action in > > Doors of the Mind ? Inner Mysteries.ADVANTAGES OF THE COMPLETE VERSION > > :DOORS OF THE MIND: INNER MYSTERIES + Dark atmosphere+ Spooky > > gameplay+ Explore a world of nightmares! > > ======= end ======= > > > > And here is the output from using HTML::Entities: > > ====== begin ====== > > My doctor has recommended a dream specialist, and together we are trying > to > > figure out what these nightmares mean. Jump into Hidden Object action in > > Doors of the Mind – Inner Mysteries.ADVANTAGES OF THE > > COMPLETE VERSION :DOORS OF THE MIND: INNER > > MYSTERIES + Dark atmosphere+ Spooky > > gameplay+ Explore a world of nightmares! > > ======= end ======= > > > > Notice the extra  all over the place. > > > > Any help you can provide would be immensely helpful. > > > > Thanks. > > --Alex > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Edinburgh-pm mailing list > > Edinburgh-pm at pm.org > > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/edinburgh-pm > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From perl at minty.org Mon May 21 16:44:05 2012 From: perl at minty.org (Murray) Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 00:44:05 +0100 Subject: [Edinburgh-pm] Thursday Beer Message-ID: <20120521234401.GL1265@mooker.vm.bytemark.co.uk> Thursday, Beer, Cumberland? Sadly, I can't make it this month ... ps. watch out for heretics the following week, and the day prior to the long joobly weekend too! From perl at aaroncrane.co.uk Tue May 22 02:58:58 2012 From: perl at aaroncrane.co.uk (Aaron Crane) Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 10:58:58 +0100 Subject: [Edinburgh-pm] Thursday Beer In-Reply-To: <20120521234401.GL1265@mooker.vm.bytemark.co.uk> References: <20120521234401.GL1265@mooker.vm.bytemark.co.uk> Message-ID: Murray wrote: > Thursday, Beer, Cumberland? > > Sadly, I can't make it this month ... > > ps. watch out for heretics the following week, and the day prior to the long > joobly weekend too! It's very unlikely I'll be able to make it this week, I'm afraid. Not sure about next week, but I'll try. -- Aaron Crane ** http://aaroncrane.co.uk/ From miles at assyrian.org.uk Tue May 22 05:21:02 2012 From: miles at assyrian.org.uk (Miles Gould) Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 13:21:02 +0100 Subject: [Edinburgh-pm] Thursday Beer In-Reply-To: References: <20120521234401.GL1265@mooker.vm.bytemark.co.uk> Message-ID: <4FBB84AE.1090002@assyrian.org.uk> On 22/05/12 10:58, Aaron Crane wrote: > Murray wrote: >> Thursday, Beer, Cumberland? >> >> Sadly, I can't make it this month ... >> >> ps. watch out for heretics the following week, and the day prior to the long >> joobly weekend too! Also looking unlikely for me, but I should be able to make it to Heretics. Miles From cyocum at gmail.com Tue May 22 07:51:26 2012 From: cyocum at gmail.com (Christopher Yocum) Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 06:51:26 -0800 Subject: [Edinburgh-pm] Thursday Beer In-Reply-To: <4FBB84AE.1090002@assyrian.org.uk> References: <20120521234401.GL1265@mooker.vm.bytemark.co.uk> <4FBB84AE.1090002@assyrian.org.uk> Message-ID: Hi Guys, Darn it all. I am in Jordan and I was looking forward to seeing you all at the Meeting. Maybe Heretics then. Chris On 5/22/12, Miles Gould wrote: > On 22/05/12 10:58, Aaron Crane wrote: >> Murray wrote: >>> Thursday, Beer, Cumberland? >>> >>> Sadly, I can't make it this month ... >>> >>> ps. watch out for heretics the following week, and the day prior to the >>> long >>> joobly weekend too! > > Also looking unlikely for me, but I should be able to make it to Heretics. > > Miles > _______________________________________________ > Edinburgh-pm mailing list > Edinburgh-pm at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/edinburgh-pm > From robrwo at gmail.com Wed May 23 00:37:46 2012 From: robrwo at gmail.com (Robert Rothenberg) Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 08:37:46 +0100 Subject: [Edinburgh-pm] Thursday Beer In-Reply-To: <20120521234401.GL1265@mooker.vm.bytemark.co.uk> References: <20120521234401.GL1265@mooker.vm.bytemark.co.uk> Message-ID: Looks unlikely for me as well this week. On 22 May 2012 00:44, "Murray" wrote: > Thursday, Beer, Cumberland? > > Sadly, I can't make it this month ... > > ps. watch out for heretics the following week, and the day prior to the > long > joobly weekend too! > _______________________________________________ > Edinburgh-pm mailing list > Edinburgh-pm at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/edinburgh-pm > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dave at dave.org.uk Wed May 23 01:12:48 2012 From: dave at dave.org.uk (Dave Cross) Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 09:12:48 +0100 Subject: [Edinburgh-pm] Thursday Beer In-Reply-To: <20120521234401.GL1265@mooker.vm.bytemark.co.uk> References: <20120521234401.GL1265@mooker.vm.bytemark.co.uk> Message-ID: <20120523091248.53413vsaqncdwqo0@webmail.mag-sol.com> Quoting Murray : > ps. watch out for heretics the following week, and the day prior to the long > joobly weekend too! Also, I'm back in Edinburgh the week of the Jubilee. So if you fancy squeezing in _another_ meeting... Dave... From miles at assyrian.org.uk Wed May 30 01:48:09 2012 From: miles at assyrian.org.uk (Miles Gould) Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 09:48:09 +0100 Subject: [Edinburgh-pm] Heresy Message-ID: <4FC5DEC9.40401@assyrian.org.uk> Comrades! The time has come once again for those of us who hew to the old gods* to celebrate our ancient rites according to the teachings of the great prophet McCarroll, may his tests always pass. We shall be needing a venue, and a quorum of worshippers: who's in? And where shall we go? Miles * Yes, I've been watching Game of Thrones. Brilliant, isn't it? From dave at dave.org.uk Thu May 31 02:03:08 2012 From: dave at dave.org.uk (Dave Cross) Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 10:03:08 +0100 Subject: [Edinburgh-pm] Coming to Edinburgh In-Reply-To: <4F5208C4.50307@dave.org.uk> References: <4F5208C4.50307@dave.org.uk> Message-ID: <20120531100308.68730x72fga2ixfw@webmail.mag-sol.com> Quoting Dave Cross : > Hi, > > I've got two trips to Edinburgh in the next few months. Would be > good to have a beer or three on one or both of those occasions. [ snip ] > Then there my usual annual holiday in Edinburgh. That'll be Fri 1st > Jun - Fri 8th Jun. This is next week. Anyone around for a drink? Monday or Wednesday, perhaps. Dave... From miles at assyrian.org.uk Thu May 31 04:04:45 2012 From: miles at assyrian.org.uk (Miles Gould) Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 12:04:45 +0100 Subject: [Edinburgh-pm] Heresy TONIGHT Message-ID: I've had a few expressions of interest, and a suggestion of the Holyrood 9A. If you'd like to come and haven't said so yet, please email me by 1500 today so I can book a table (though I'm sure we'll be able to accommodate a couple of latecomers). I suggest we start at 1830. Miles On May 30, 2012 9:48 AM, "Miles Gould" wrote: > Comrades! > > The time has come once again for those of us who hew to the old gods* to > celebrate our ancient rites according to the teachings of the great prophet > McCarroll, may his tests always pass. > > We shall be needing a venue, and a quorum of worshippers: who's in? And > where shall we go? > > Miles > > * Yes, I've been watching Game of Thrones. Brilliant, isn't it? > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From perl at aaroncrane.co.uk Thu May 31 04:36:26 2012 From: perl at aaroncrane.co.uk (Aaron Crane) Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 12:36:26 +0100 Subject: [Edinburgh-pm] Coming to Edinburgh In-Reply-To: <20120531100308.68730x72fga2ixfw@webmail.mag-sol.com> References: <4F5208C4.50307@dave.org.uk> <20120531100308.68730x72fga2ixfw@webmail.mag-sol.com> Message-ID: Dave Cross wrote: > Quoting Dave Cross : >> Then there my usual annual holiday in Edinburgh. That'll be Fri 1st Jun - >> Fri 8th Jun. > > This is next week. Anyone around for a drink? Monday or Wednesday, perhaps. Yes, let's! Wednesday's rather better for me, I think. -- Aaron Crane ** http://aaroncrane.co.uk/ From dave at dave.org.uk Thu May 31 05:06:26 2012 From: dave at dave.org.uk (Dave Cross) Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 13:06:26 +0100 Subject: [Edinburgh-pm] Coming to Edinburgh In-Reply-To: References: <4F5208C4.50307@dave.org.uk> <20120531100308.68730x72fga2ixfw@webmail.mag-sol.com> Message-ID: <20120531130626.83093d82yk4yvuma@webmail.mag-sol.com> Quoting Aaron Crane : > Dave Cross wrote: >> Quoting Dave Cross : >>> Then there my usual annual holiday in Edinburgh. That'll be Fri 1st Jun - >>> Fri 8th Jun. >> >> This is next week. Anyone around for a drink? Monday or Wednesday, perhaps. > > Yes, let's! > > Wednesday's rather better for me, I think. Wednesday is fine. We'll be staying in the New Town, so Cumberland? Unless anyone has anything new and exciting to suggest. Dave... From perl at minty.org Thu May 31 06:12:07 2012 From: perl at minty.org (Murray) Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 14:12:07 +0100 Subject: [Edinburgh-pm] Coming to Edinburgh In-Reply-To: <20120531130626.83093d82yk4yvuma@webmail.mag-sol.com> References: <4F5208C4.50307@dave.org.uk> <20120531100308.68730x72fga2ixfw@webmail.mag-sol.com> <20120531130626.83093d82yk4yvuma@webmail.mag-sol.com> Message-ID: <20120531131159.GF22594@mooker.vm.bytemark.co.uk> On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 01:06:26PM +0100, Dave Cross wrote: > Unless anyone has anything new and exciting to suggest. I also like http://www.edinburghpubguide.co.uk/PubDetails/Bailie_Bar_40.html which is vaugely in the same area. Tho I'm always happy with the Cumberland too. From dave at dave.org.uk Thu May 31 06:27:31 2012 From: dave at dave.org.uk (Dave Cross) Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 14:27:31 +0100 Subject: [Edinburgh-pm] Coming to Edinburgh In-Reply-To: <20120531131159.GF22594@mooker.vm.bytemark.co.uk> References: <4F5208C4.50307@dave.org.uk> <20120531100308.68730x72fga2ixfw@webmail.mag-sol.com> <20120531130626.83093d82yk4yvuma@webmail.mag-sol.com> <20120531131159.GF22594@mooker.vm.bytemark.co.uk> Message-ID: <20120531142731.75436uwk8qcljqgz@webmail.mag-sol.com> Quoting Murray : > On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 01:06:26PM +0100, Dave Cross wrote: >> Unless anyone has anything new and exciting to suggest. > > I also like http://www.edinburghpubguide.co.uk/PubDetails/Bailie_Bar_40.html > which is vaugely in the same area. Tho I'm always happy with the Cumberland > too. Happy to try that. In fact, happy to go with the majority :) Dave... From miles at assyrian.org.uk Thu May 31 09:13:33 2012 From: miles at assyrian.org.uk (Miles Gould) Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 17:13:33 +0100 Subject: [Edinburgh-pm] Heretics table booked Message-ID: <4FC798AD.4030601@assyrian.org.uk> I've booked a table at the Holyrood 9A under the name of "Gould" for 1900 - most people can't show up until later on, so 1830 seemed a bit too early. See you there! Miles From robrwo at gmail.com Thu May 31 13:58:44 2012 From: robrwo at gmail.com (Robert Rothenberg) Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 21:58:44 +0100 Subject: [Edinburgh-pm] Coming to Edinburgh In-Reply-To: <20120531100308.68730x72fga2ixfw@webmail.mag-sol.com> References: <4F5208C4.50307@dave.org.uk> <20120531100308.68730x72fga2ixfw@webmail.mag-sol.com> Message-ID: <4FC7DB84.7040803@gmail.com> On 31/05/12 10:03 Dave Cross wrote: > Quoting Dave Cross : > >> Hi, >> >> I've got two trips to Edinburgh in the next few months. Would be good to >> have a beer or three on one or both of those occasions. > > [ snip ] > >> Then there my usual annual holiday in Edinburgh. That'll be Fri 1st Jun - >> Fri 8th Jun. > > This is next week. Anyone around for a drink? Monday or Wednesday, perhaps. I'm out of town from this weekend.