[pm-h] October Houston.pm Technical Meeting

[Abraham Báez]

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Abraham

On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 7:23 AM, G. Wade Johnson <gwadej at anomaly.org> wrote:

> On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 07:34:32 +0000
> "Russell L. Harris" <rlharris at oplink.net> wrote:
>
> > * G. Wade Johnson <gwadej at anomaly.org> [120925 04:06]:
> > > The next meeting is in about 2.5 weeks on Thursday, Oct 11.
> > >
> > > Does anyone have a topic to present or a topic they would like to
> > > hear?
> >
> > (1) I would benefit from a tutorial on the various (or just the
> > "best") approach to recursively operating on all the files in a
> > directory and its subdirectories.  It appears that the "File::..."
> > modules are applicable.
> >
> > (2) I also would benefit from a tutorial on use of the diamond
> > operator (or other approaches) to make changes throughout a file.
>
> We haven't had a beginning presentation in a while. But, I can still
> see some potential here.
>
> * Recursive directory processing
>   - File::Find vs File::Find::Rule vs roll-your-own
>
> * Modifying text file
>   - diamond operator, print, file name manipulation
>   - Perl's in-place edit feature
>
> * Modifying a text file
>   - Changing in-place vs generating from subtexts and Template
>
> Some of this could even be extended further given time...
>
> Anyone else interested in this topic?
>
> G. Wade
> >
> > %%%%%%%
> >
> > My motivation is the need to perform a sequence of perhaps a dozen
> > operations on less than a hundred text files.  The ultimate product is
> > a total of about a thousand files, all of which are identical in
> > format, but categorized in at least two directory tiers.
> >
> > Specifically, I need to create for each chapter of the Bible a LaTeX
> > template to which a commentator may add commentary.  The template must
> > include the Scripture text for the respective chapter.  The total
> > number of templates to be produced is on the order of a thousand.  The
> > templates are in a directory structure, categorized by book; so it
> > appears to me that the task calls for recursive processing.
> >
> > Some of the tasks include:
> >
> >   => Parse each book file into chapter files, automatically creating
> >      for each chapter a filename of the form
> >      "<bookname>-<chapter-number>".
> >
> >   => Strip from the source text assorted publisher-specific
> >      typographic artifacts (such as marginal notes and redundant white
> >      space).
> >
> >   => Add markup for features such as verse numbers set in a small
> > font.
> >
> >   => Add markup for header, footer, multiple columns, page number,
> >      revision date, etc.
> >
> >   => Standardize the spelling of proper names to either the
> >      Hellenistic or the Hebraic form (such as changing "Noe" to
> > "Noah").
> >
> > But I suppose that use of the diamond operator and recursion in the
> > context of "File::..." are a bit too elementary to be of general
> > interest; after all, the subjects ARE covered in "Learning Perl".
> >
> > RLH
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>
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