25. How do I obtain the latest version of this FAQ?

On the world wide web

Hypertext (split by question):
http://w4.lns.cornell.edu/~pvhp/ptk/ptkTOC.html
Hypertext (whole thing - may be too large for some browsers, but is amenable to searching):
http://w4.lns.cornell.edu/~pvhp/ptk/ptkFAQ.html
As far as I know any other source may be slightly out of date with respect to those two web URLs. Nevertheless, there are many other places to retrieve this FAQ from, in a variety of formats, such as:

Plaintext (whole):
http://w4.lns.cornell.edu/~pvhp/ptk/ptkFAQ.txt
Plaintext (multi-part):
http://w4.lns.cornell.edu/~pvhp/ptk/ptkFAQ0.txt
http://w4.lns.cornell.edu/~pvhp/ptk/ptkFAQ1.txt
http://w4.lns.cornell.edu/~pvhp/ptk/ptkFAQ2.txt
http://w4.lns.cornell.edu/~pvhp/ptk/ptkFAQ3.txt
http://w4.lns.cornell.edu/~pvhp/ptk/ptkFAQ4.txt
http://w4.lns.cornell.edu/~pvhp/ptk/ptkFAQ5.txt
or gzipped PostScript(c) (about 60 US 8.5"x11" pages):
http://w4.lns.cornell.edu/~pvhp/ptk/ptkFAQ.ps.gz
or gzipped PostScript(c) (about 60 A4 pages):
http://w4.lns.cornell.edu/~pvhp/ptk/ptkFAQ.A4.ps.gz

For those without WWW access:

usenet newsgroup
This FAQ will be posted to the newsgroup comp.lang.perl.tk. This FAQ will also be posted to comp.answers and news.answers, hence, this FAQ is being carried by the big usenet anonymous ftp servers such as
    ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/
    ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/perl-faq/ptk-faq/
    ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/comp.lang.perl.tk
    ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-hierarchy/comp/lang/perl/tk

    ftp://ftp.uu.net/usenet/news.answers/perl-faq/ptk-faq
    etc.
For information on usenet please see
    news.software.nntp
    http://www.academ.com/academ/nntp.html
    ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-hierarchy/news/answers/usenet/site-setup
    ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-hierarchy/news/answers/usenet/software/part1
    http://info.internet.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc/files/rfc977.txt
    ftp://ftp.academ.com/pub/nntpclnt
    http://www.w3.org/hypertext/WWW/LineMode/Defaults/AboutNewsServers.html
Note that perl/Tk now comes with a script called ptknews that may help you. Don't forget Larry Wall's rn program either (or derivatives of the *rn form).
ftp
This FAQ is available via ftp from:
USA                                                  IP
    ftp://ftp.ccd.bnl.gov/pub/ptk/                   130.199.54.188
    ftp://ftp.ccd.bnl.gov/pub/ptk/ptkFAQ.txt         130.199.54.188
    ftp://ftp.wpi.edu/perl5/pTk-FAQ                  130.215.24.209
    ftp://perl.com/pub/perl/doc/ptkFAQ.gz            199.45.129.30
    ftp://perl.com/pub/perl/doc/ptkFAQ.ps.gz         199.45.129.30
This FAQ is now being carried by the CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network) ftp sites (thanks Tom ;-). At any of the CPAN locations go into the doc/ directory to retrieve either the ptkFAQ.gz file (gzipped plaintext), the ptkFAQ.html.gz file (gzipped html [with some links relative to "http://w4.lns.cornell.edu/~pvhp/ptk/"]), or the ptkFAQ.ps.gz file (gzipped PostScript(c)).

See a previous question in this document for a more extensive list of CPAN locations.

e-mail services:
Send e-mail (content of message unimportant) to <ptkfaq@pubweb.bnl.gov> and you will receive the text version of this FAQ. (Many thanks to Alan L. Stange at Brookhaven for setting this up!)

Those without FTP access can get the plaintext version via e-mail from the rtfm archive. For help send e-mail to <mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu> with a message of:

    send usenet/news.answers/finding-sources
The mail server at rtfm may be able to e-mail a plaintext version of this faq. Send e-mail to <mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu> containing:
    send /pub/usenet/news.answers/perl-faq/ptk-faq/part0
Then send several more (separate) requests, such as:
    send /pub/usenet/news.answers/perl-faq/ptk-faq/part1
    send /pub/usenet/news.answers/perl-faq/ptk-faq/part2
    send /pub/usenet/news.answers/perl-faq/ptk-faq/part3
    send /pub/usenet/news.answers/perl-faq/ptk-faq/part4
    send /pub/usenet/news.answers/perl-faq/ptk-faq/part5

The ptk@lists.stanford.edu mailing list is devoted more to porting and development issues. The URL's to this FAQ will occasionally be posted there, but not the full text (it is simply too big - sorry).

Webmail Gateways:
With e-mail you might try one of the (experimental & not necessarily reliable) http-to-mail services such as either of the following:

When last tested the service at <webmail@www.ucc.ie> reported that the single ptkFAQ.txt file was too large to send. Hence, you must send several separate e-mail requests to <webmail@www.ucc.ie>
A Subject: line is not required but do include the following one line message body in your first e-mail:

    GO http://w4.lns.cornell.edu/~pvhp/ptk/ptkFAQ0.txt
Then send several more (separate) requests as follows:
    GO http://w4.lns.cornell.edu/~pvhp/ptk/ptkFAQ1.txt
    GO http://w4.lns.cornell.edu/~pvhp/ptk/ptkFAQ2.txt
    GO http://w4.lns.cornell.edu/~pvhp/ptk/ptkFAQ3.txt
    GO http://w4.lns.cornell.edu/~pvhp/ptk/ptkFAQ4.txt
    GO http://w4.lns.cornell.edu/~pvhp/ptk/ptkFAQ5.txt
please note: In days gone by this service would take several hours to send back both a plaintext and a uuencoded version of the stated file - both within a single mail message. The service did mention receiving more than 17,000 requests in October 1995 alone and it is not known whether they will continue.


Send e-mail to <agora@mail.w3.org>
with a one line message body (Subject: line not required) such as:

    SEND http://w4.lns.cornell.edu/~pvhp/ptk/ptkFAQ.txt

please note: this last method bounced backed a "permanently out of service" message when last attempted. The home page at http://www.w3.org/hypertext/WWW/Agora/ mentions "temporarily out of service", caveat netsurfer; the page at http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/MailRobot/send.html does not mention being out of service.
System administrator and webmasters are encouraged to visit any of the following pages:

    http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/MailRobot/Overview.html
    http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/MailRobot/send.html
    http://www.w3.org/hypertext/WWW/Mailing/Form.html
    http://www.w3.org/hypertext/WWW/Agora/
and decide if they wish to set up a webmail gateway of their own. The agora.pl script is written in perl and makes use of the www line mode browser. It could presumably be re-written to use url-get.pl or any other fine code such as the latest, greatest perl5 module for URL fetching :-)
gopher
On a very experimental basis you might try:
    gopher-client 128.84.219.153
or in URL form:
    gopher://128.84.219.153/1

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