Welcome to Issue 011 of Open Mike. This issue of Open Mike includes six MicroPhone settings documents, all of which are described below.
In This Issue
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This settings document contains information about the articles in this month's issue of Open Mike. The icons at the bottom of the screen represent information choices. Click any of them to display additional information.
The "About…" button gives standard disclaimers and various ways of getting in touch with us, including electronic and conventional mail addresses. If you are interested in contributing to Open Mike, you'll also find the information you need behind this button.
The "We Are…" button explains who Celestin Company is and why we publish this product. Also mentioned are a few of the other products available from Celestin Company.
The "What…" button brings up this table of contents. You probably knew that already.
The "Back…" button displays information about back issues of Open Mike that are currently available. Very little of what appears in Open Mike is timely, so back issues are a good place to find additional information and resources.
The "Mikey…" button shows the Open Mike Editorial. This gives the editor a free forum to air his thoughts and his laundry. Sometimes what you see here will make sense. Other times, you might wonder what was going on in his mind when he decided to put fingers to keyboard. Every once in a while, you might find something so interesting, it warrants being printed and posted on your refrigerator. Then again, some people may think that all of the Open Mike editorials cry for this kind of attention. I hope not.
Functional Literacy
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MicroPhone's script language has a wealth of functions, each of which serves a specific purpose. We take a look at a handful of functions and come up with some real world examples of how to use them.
Hacker's Hangout
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Do you have a file that you transferred from some Unix host, and you forgot to transfer using the text mode of your protocol? Did it come across with linefeed characters instead of carriage returns? If you open up the file with a text editor and see funny boxes at the beginning of each line, that's probably what happened. Have no fear. In this Hacker's Hangout, we show you a way of converting those linefeed characters to carriage returns.
Snippet Show
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Here is a selection of example scripts that tackle specific problems, complete with explanations of how they work and why.
Question & Answer
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We get questions, and here is our attempt to answer them. If you are looking for a particular solution to a particular problem, this is a good place to begin your search.
Tips and Tricks
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Our writers and readers have come up with a collection of useful tips and tricks. If you have a tip or trick you'd like to contribute, contact us via one of our email addresses and ask for more information.
