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04-03-2020

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Still writing and ironing out the default core display functions.
This includes reducing code that was written (at least) twice and could be 'combined' to a single function.

But mostly - as for optimizing code - I try to find a proper way around the the injection protection and 'bold' or colored strings that one might want to use/display.
At the very least so that the function title prints bold text.

The injection protection is not based on my skillset, however, I can read a case and some basic regex so I saw/knew that the console code for 'bold' causes an 'issue', which it did.

Next on my wish todolist is pick and cfg.set.
And I also need to finish bol2str in order to start with swarm.
I need to get the (basic, at least) swarm function done before the config editor - just so I can start scripting other things properly, and do 'external end-user' testing and so I can keep the code cleaner.
Also that will help to keep motivation up.

Current question...
However, for my current task at hand, the read wrappers, yesno, pick and input were, well - still are, based on the physicaly installed read I had to actualy parse the --help output of it to get its functionality to get them work poperly (for TUI).
Now for SWARM I'd like to reduce physical disk usage (files) to a minimum (for non-log actions; setting).

This and the recent Heureka that there's a builtin read, made me hope that the bash builtin read might have the same functions across all distros - as long the propper BASH version is installed, which would simplify the 'wrapping' process.... alot...

How to provide help?
Also the 'help' functionality of SWARM is slowly evolving in my head.
Main challenge here is that I want to distinct functions (for the help usage) between 'basics' and 'advanced', while keep most of it 'dynamic' to use - yet simple for translating.
Because I dont WANT to write actual help text for functions, because to get those, you would need to source SWARM and then call the function with --help, which seems 'too much' for me.

So I'd rather write/modify the (former) manpages and write a handler to work like:

Code:

./SWARM/runtime help [topic]

So you can 'stay' in your current project but still get the information you need.

That's for now, have a nice weekend and stay healthy everyone!

sea

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inline::wrapper::module5.18

Inline::Wrapper::Module(3)				User Contributed Perl Documentation				Inline::Wrapper::Module(3)

NAME

       Inline::Wrapper::Module - Internal object wrapper for individual Inline modules.

SYNOPSIS

	use Inline::Wrapper::Module;

DESCRIPTION

       Inline::Wrapper::Module is used internally by Inline::Wrapper, and should not be used directly.	It will croak if you attempt to do so.

       It is a descendent class of Inline::Wrapper.

METHODS

   new()
       Takes the same arguments as "new()" in Inline::Wrapper, but also requires a module_name and lang_ext argument.

       Don't use this.	It will croak if you try to use it directly.

   initialize()
       Initialize the object instance.

   DESTROY()
       Destructor to clean up the object instance, and wipe the private code module namespace created when binding the symbol list.

INHERITANCE

       As Inline::Wrapper::Module is an inherited class from Inline::Wrapper, all methods that apply to the base class also apply to objects of
       this class.

       However, note that this has the following effects, due to the semantics of the load()/run() steps:

       auto_reload settings vs. when method effects take place:

	auto_reload value:  |  FALSE	      TRUE
	--------------------+------------------------------------------
	set_base_dir()	    |  no effect      after next reload / run()
	set_language()	    |  no effect      after next reload / run()
	add_language()	    |  no effect      after next reload / run()

       Please read through "load()" in Inline::Wrapper and "run()" in Inline::Wrapper for insight into why the implementation works like this.

SEE ALSO

       Inline::Wrapper

       The Inline documentation.

       The Inline-FAQ list.

       The examples/ directory of this module's distribution.

AUTHOR

       Please kindly read through this documentation and the examples/ thoroughly, before emailing me with questions.  Your answer is likely in
       here.

       Also make sure that your issue is actually with the Inline::Wrapper modules, and not with Inline itself.

       Jason McManus (INFIDEL) -- "infidel AT cpan.org"

LICENSE

       Copyright (c) Jason McManus

       This module may be used, modified, and distributed under the same terms as Perl itself.	Please see the license that came with your Perl
       distribution for details.

perl v5.18.2							    2010-03-10						Inline::Wrapper::Module(3)