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Beginner’s instructions for compiling from source on OS X

# cd into the source directory and run the following command.  That should do it.
sudo ./configure; sudo make; sudo make install

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tar basics

# create
tar cvf docs.tar docs2

# extract
tar xvf docs.tar

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Generate XHTML on the command line with XML::API::XHTML

perl -e "use XML::API::XHTML; my $d = new XML::API::XHTML(); $d->head_open(); $d->title('hello world!'); $d->script({type => 'text/javascript'}, '/* hello scripts! */'); $d->head_close(); $d->body_open(); $d->h1({style => 'color:red'}, 'Hi nerd!'); print $d;"  | tidy -q -o temp.html

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Terminal Software for Mac OS X

screen /dev/tty.U<press TAB to reveal all serial ports on your system>

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