fml 8 tutorial
Prev |  | Next

# Glossary (function and variable names convention)

fml4

  fml4 series

fml8

  fml8 series

fml-devel

  current development version on the way to fml8 in the future.

  same as fml8 now.

curproc

  abbrebiation of "current process".

  Typical abbrebiation form used in UNIX kernel.

PCB

  Process Control Block.

  Typical abbrebiation form used in UNIX kernel.

config

  configuration.

conf

  configuration.

arg / args

  argument / arguments.

fh

  file handle.

dh

  directory handle.

fp

  function pointer == code reference of perl 5.

_foobar

  keyword begining with _ is used for internal function or variable.

  private in other words.

rfoobar

  The first "r" implies "reference". This called hangalian form but we use it very little in fml8.

STR

  string.

Japanese character set name

  JIS, SJIS, EUC ...

2

  the same pronounciation as "to".

  STR2EUC (== STRing to EUC)

      use String qw(STR2EUC);
      $euc_string = STR2EUC($string);

4

  the same pronounciation as "for".

command mail

  a mail which message body includes commands for fml.

  By sending the command mail to some address, a user can make fml8 action something, such as subscribe, file retrieve, unsubscribe et.al, The address is typically $ml-ctl@$domain for $ml@$domain ML.

Prev | Home | Next
Apendixes | Up | Struct curproc (Object In Fact)

fml 8.0 (fml-devel) project homepage is www.fml.org/software/fml8/.
fml 4.0 project homepage is www.fml.org/software/fml4/.
about one floppy bsd routers, see www.bsdrouter.org/.
other free softwares are found at www.fml.org/software/.

author's homepage is www.fml.org/home/fukachan/.
Also, visit nuinui's world :) at www.nuinui.net.

For questions about FML, e-mail <fml-bugs@fml.org>.