Mon Feb 15 1999 22:24:
Oh, did you need that? NYCB got nuked. The good side is that now I
have full online editing capability for the notebooks. No more having
to put up with bad links and typos and such. I was going to make my students do
it, but finally gave in (the corresponding lecture is a week away)
and did it myself. Good thing too, actually, as giving it the required generality
was tougher than it looked. I had to write a full front-end. I wrote it in Python,
just to be contrary. Having mixed feelings about Python. Nothing
I do was made easier than the corresponding action in Perl. Not sure how much of
that is due to my inexperience. Source forthcoming as soon as I
sec check it, generalize status messages, etc. You can see the
new interface here.
Memo to myself: Do the dumb things I have to do, think up more enhancements. One: a line containing only a URL will be replaced with a link and a br
Egad! Slashdot adoption of Leonardonics!
I'm writing this paragraph in the editor.
Man, this editing stuff is addictive.
