comment on

Here is the difference:

./Collections            # is where scripts live and is where base_men
+u looks for menu items
./files/data/Collections # is where data lives and is not where base_m
+enu looks for menu items
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Taking the data outside of individual scripts means I need to figure out how I am going to rewrite base_menu to find items to add to my site menu that will work for all the index files (see below).

./Collections/index.pl
./Fandom/index.pl
./Fandom/Crossovers/index.pl
./Fandom/Crossovers/Big_fake_companies/index.pl
./Fandom/Crossovers/Westphall_crossovers/index.pl
./Fandom/Fictional_family_trees/index.pl
./Fandom/The_Riftwar/index.pl
./Fandom/Xanth/index.pl
./Miscellany/index.pl
./Miscellany/Geeky_thoughts/index.pl
./Miscellany/Political_opinions/index.pl
./Movies/index.pl
./Role_playing/index.pl
./Role_playing/Locations/Afma/index.pl
./Role_playing/Locations/index.pl
./Role_playing/Magic_items/index.pl
./Role_playing/Miscellany/index.pl
./Role_playing/Monsters/index.pl
./Role_playing/Player_characters/index.pl
./Role_playing/Reference_tables/index.pl
./Writing/index.pl
./Writing/Erotic_fiction/index.pl
./Writing/Fan_fiction/index.pl
./Writing/Poetry/index.pl
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The data for those indexes will be in the following.

./files/data/Collections/
./files/data/Fandom/
./files/data/Fandom/Crossovers/
./files/data/Fandom/Crossovers/Big_fake_companies/
./files/data/Fandom/Crossovers/Westphall_crossovers/
./files/data/Fandom/Fictional_family_trees/
./files/data/Fandom/The_Riftwar/
./files/data/Fandom/Xanth/
./files/data/Miscellany/
./files/data/Miscellany/Geeky_thoughts/
./files/data/Miscellany/Political_opinions/
./files/data/Movies/
./files/data/Role_playing/
./files/data/Role_playing/Locations/
./files/data/Role_playing/Locations/Afma/
./files/data/Role_playing/Magic_items/
./files/data/Role_playing/Miscellany/
./files/data/Role_playing/Monsters/
./files/data/Role_playing/Player_characters/
./files/data/Role_playing/Reference_tables/
./files/data/Writing/
./files/data/Writing/Erotic_fiction/
./files/data/Writing/Fan_fiction/
./files/data/Writing/Poetry/
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This is what I am grappling with in my head.

My OS is Debian 10 (Buster); my perl versions are 5.28.1 local and 5.8.8 on web host.

Version control is a non-issue, I do not use it.

No matter how hysterical I get, my problems are not time sensitive. So, relax, have a cookie, and a very nice day!

Lady Aleena

In reply to Re^2: Collapsing smaller scripts into a larger one, request for comment by Lady_Aleena
in thread Collapsing smaller scripts into a larger one, request for comment by Lady_Aleena

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