RE: [MacPerl-Toolbox] Q on Toolbox access from Perl

["Walter Torres" <walter@tscinternet.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vicki Brown [mailto:vlb@cfcl.com]
> Sent: Thursday, February 25, 1999 8:13 PM
> To: webmaster@developers.org
> Subject: RE: [MacPerl-Toolbox] Q on Toolbox access from Perl
>
>
> At 19:35 -0600 2/24/99, Walter Torres wrote:
> > I have:
> >   - a functioning Apple Menu Bar across the top of my monitor.

  <snip>

> > The NT always wanted to be a Mac, so now it "feels" better.
> >
> > It drives the folks at the office crazy!
>
>
> More Power to the (Mac) People!

Amen!



> > Yes, very carefully! I have the official table. It isn't pretty!
>
> Yeah.  We did this for A/UX. It was large and weird. And don't forget
> the half-hour-offset zones!

There are some quarter and three-quarter hour zones as well! Yikes!


> > The UNIX I have access to use...
> >
> >    - US/Eastern Standard Time
> >    - American/Eastern Standard Time
> >
> > one or the other.
>
> Ain't standards a wunnerful thing?
>
> According to the manual at least, Solaris does
>
>      US/Eastern          East.Sun.COM   #Sun East Coast

Right, my UNIX-head sys-admin buddy says all this is hard-coded into UNIX.

I found the data and the code, it ain't for the faint of heart!

> > I was hoping to get around the lookup list. I think I have a method, but
> > it is not automatic. I will know more in a few days. I will share
> > it with you if you like.
>
> I would appreciate it.

I will follow up this note with a recent note I sent to a few folks helping
me on this issue.

See what you think and let me know.


> > PS: How can I join the Toolbox list?
>
> Either from the web page: http://www.macperl.org/depts/mlists.html then
> through the list to the subscription form.

Thanks, I just did.

Walter