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.IX Title "Slash 3"
.TH Slash 3 "2002-07-03" "perl v5.8.8" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
.SH "NAME"
Slash \- the BEAST
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
.Vb 1
\&        use Slash;  # figure the rest out ;-)
.Ve
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
Slash is the code that runs Slashdot.
.SH "FUNCTIONS"
.IX Header "FUNCTIONS"
.Sh "printComments(\s-1SID\s0 [, \s-1PID\s0, \s-1CID\s0])"
.IX Subsection "printComments(SID [, PID, CID])"
Prints all that comment stuff.
.IP "Parameters" 4
.IX Item "Parameters"
.RS 4
.PD 0
.IP "\s-1SID\s0" 4
.IX Item "SID"
.PD
The story \s-1ID\s0 to print comments for.
.IP "\s-1PID\s0" 4
.IX Item "PID"
The parent \s-1ID\s0 of the comments to print.
.IP "\s-1CID\s0" 4
.IX Item "CID"
The comment \s-1ID\s0 to print.
.RE
.RS 4
.RE
.IP "Return value" 4
.IX Item "Return value"
None.
.IP "Dependencies" 4
.IX Item "Dependencies"
The 'printCommentsMain', 'printCommNoArchive',
and 'printCommComments' template blocks.
.Sh "moderatorCommentLog(\s-1SID\s0, \s-1CID\s0)"
.IX Subsection "moderatorCommentLog(SID, CID)"
Prints a table detailing the history of moderation of
a particular comment.
.IP "Parameters" 4
.IX Item "Parameters"
.RS 4
.PD 0
.IP "\s-1SID\s0" 4
.IX Item "SID"
.PD
Comment's story \s-1ID\s0.
.IP "\s-1CID\s0" 4
.IX Item "CID"
Comment's \s-1ID\s0.
.RE
.RS 4
.RE
.IP "Return value" 4
.IX Item "Return value"
The \s-1HTML\s0.
.IP "Dependencies" 4
.IX Item "Dependencies"
The 'modCommentLog' template block.
.Sh "displayThread(\s-1SID\s0, \s-1PID\s0, \s-1LVL\s0, \s-1COMMENTS\s0)"
.IX Subsection "displayThread(SID, PID, LVL, COMMENTS)"
Displays an entire thread.  w00p!
.IP "Parameters" 4
.IX Item "Parameters"
.RS 4
.PD 0
.IP "\s-1SID\s0" 4
.IX Item "SID"
.PD
The story \s-1ID\s0.
.IP "\s-1PID\s0" 4
.IX Item "PID"
The parent \s-1ID\s0.
.IP "\s-1LVL\s0" 4
.IX Item "LVL"
What level of the thread we're at.
.IP "\s-1COMMENTS\s0" 4
.IX Item "COMMENTS"
Arrayref of all our comments.
.RE
.RS 4
.RE
.IP "Return value" 4
.IX Item "Return value"
The thread.
.IP "Dependencies" 4
.IX Item "Dependencies"
The 'displayThread' template block.
.Sh "dispComment(\s-1COMMENT\s0)"
.IX Subsection "dispComment(COMMENT)"
Displays a particular comment.
.IP "Parameters" 4
.IX Item "Parameters"
.RS 4
.PD 0
.IP "\s-1COMMENT\s0" 4
.IX Item "COMMENT"
.PD
Hashref of comment data.
If the 'no_moderation' key of the \s-1COMMENT\s0 hashref exists, the
moderation elements of the comment will not be displayed.
.RE
.RS 4
.RE
.IP "Return value" 4
.IX Item "Return value"
The comment to display.
.IP "Dependencies" 4
.IX Item "Dependencies"
The 'dispComment' template block.
.Sh "dispStory(\s-1STORY\s0, \s-1AUTHOR\s0, \s-1TOPIC\s0, \s-1FULL\s0)"
.IX Subsection "dispStory(STORY, AUTHOR, TOPIC, FULL)"
Display a story.
.IP "Parameters" 4
.IX Item "Parameters"
.RS 4
.PD 0
.IP "\s-1STORY\s0" 4
.IX Item "STORY"
.PD
Hashref of data about the story.
.IP "\s-1AUTHOR\s0" 4
.IX Item "AUTHOR"
Hashref of data about the story's author.
.IP "\s-1TOPIC\s0" 4
.IX Item "TOPIC"
Hashref of data about the story's topic.
.IP "\s-1FULL\s0" 4
.IX Item "FULL"
Boolean for show full story, or just the
introtext portion.
.RE
.RS 4
.RE
.IP "Return value" 4
.IX Item "Return value"
Story to display.
.IP "Dependencies" 4
.IX Item "Dependencies"
The 'dispStory' template block.
.Sh "displayStory(\s-1SID\s0, \s-1FULL\s0)"
.IX Subsection "displayStory(SID, FULL)"
Display a story by \s-1SID\s0 (frontend to \f(CW\*(C`dispStory\*(C'\fR).
.IP "Parameters" 4
.IX Item "Parameters"
.RS 4
.PD 0
.IP "\s-1SID\s0" 4
.IX Item "SID"
.PD
Story \s-1ID\s0 to display.
.IP "\s-1FULL\s0" 4
.IX Item "FULL"
Boolean for show full story, or just the
introtext portion.
.RE
.RS 4
.RE
.IP "Return value" 4
.IX Item "Return value"
A list of story to display, hashref of story data,
hashref of author data, and hashref of topic data.
.Sh "getOlderStories(\s-1STORIES\s0, \s-1SECTION\s0)"
.IX Subsection "getOlderStories(STORIES, SECTION)"
Get older stories for older stories box.
.IP "Parameters" 4
.IX Item "Parameters"
.RS 4
.PD 0
.IP "\s-1STORIES\s0" 4
.IX Item "STORIES"
.PD
Array ref of the \*(L"essentials\*(R" of the stories to display, gotten from
getStoriesEssentials.
.IP "\s-1SECTION\s0" 4
.IX Item "SECTION"
Hashref of section data.
.RE
.RS 4
.RE
.IP "Return value" 4
.IX Item "Return value"
The older stories.
.IP "Dependencies" 4
.IX Item "Dependencies"
The 'getOlderStories' template block.
.Sh "getData(\s-1VALUE\s0 [, \s-1PARAMETERS\s0, \s-1PAGE\s0])"
.IX Subsection "getData(VALUE [, PARAMETERS, PAGE])"
Returns snippets of data associated with a given page.
.IP "Parameters" 4
.IX Item "Parameters"
.RS 4
.PD 0
.IP "\s-1VALUE\s0" 4
.IX Item "VALUE"
.PD
The name of the data-snippet to process and retrieve.
.IP "\s-1PARAMETERS\s0" 4
.IX Item "PARAMETERS"
Data stored in a hashref which is to be passed to the retrieved snippet.
.IP "\s-1PAGE\s0" 4
.IX Item "PAGE"
The name of the page to which \s-1VALUE\s0 is associated.
.RE
.RS 4
.RE
.IP "Return value" 4
.IX Item "Return value"
Returns data snippet with all necessary data interpolated.
.IP "Dependencies" 4
.IX Item "Dependencies"
Gets little snippets of data, determined by the value parameter, from
a data template. A data template is a colletion of data snippets
in one template, which are grouped together for efficiency. Each
script can have it's own data template (specified by the \s-1PAGE\s0
parameter). If \s-1PAGE\s0 is unspecified, snippets will be retrieved from
the last page visited by the user as determined by Slash::Apache::User.
.SH "BENDER'S TOP TEN MOST FREQUENTLY UTTERED WORDS"
.IX Header "BENDER'S TOP TEN MOST FREQUENTLY UTTERED WORDS"
.IP "1." 4
ass
.IP "2." 4
daffodil
.IP "3." 4
shiny
.IP "4." 4
my
.IP "5." 4
bite
.IP "6." 4
pimpmobile
.IP "7." 4
up
.IP "8." 4
yours
.IP "9." 4
chumpette
.IP "10." 4
.IX Item "10."
chump