Palm::Memo(3pm)

✨ Palm::Memo ✨

okay bestie, gather round, because we're about to talk about Palm::Memo — the handler for Palm Memo databases 💖. It's a Perl module, it's part of the Palm family, and it's here to help you read and write your little handheld-era notes. iconic behavior honestly 🎀

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🌸 VERSION 🌸

This doc describes version 1.400 of Palm::Memo, which dropped on March 14, 2015, as part of Palm version 1.400. vintage but still serving 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

use Palm::Memo;

that's it. that's the whole vibe check. you just use it and you're in 🫶

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

So the Memo PDB handler is a helper class for the Palm::PDB package — like, it doesn't do the whole thing alone, it's the friend who shows up to help 💫. Its whole job? It parses Memo databases. That's the assignment. It ate and left no crumbs.

🎀 AppInfo block 🎀

The AppInfo block opens with standard category support — go check Palm::StdAppInfo for the deets on that part, bestie, it's not this module's business 📚.

Other fields in there include:

$pdb->{appinfo}{sortOrder}

and honestly? I don't know what this is. 😭 that's it, that's the documentation. we keep it real here. no cap, nobody knows, and the manpage said so first.

🍓 Sort block 🍓

$pdb->{sort}

This one is a scalar — the raw data of the sort block, straight up, no chaser. literally just the bytes, sitting there, being themselves ✨

🧚 Records 🧚

$record = $pdb->{records}[N]

$record->{data}

$record->{data} is a string — it's the text of the memo 📝. that's the whole note. your grocery list, your 3am thoughts, all of it, right there in one string. main character energy fr fr.

👑 new 👑

$pdb = new Palm::Memo;

Creates a brand new PDB, initialized with all the various Palm::Memo fields plus an empty record list 🌱. Use this method when you're creating a Memo PDB from scratch — like, starting a fresh journal, no baggage, no old records, just vibes.

💀 new_Record 💀

$record = $pdb->new_Record;

Makes a new Memo record with blank values for all of the fields. fresh out the box, unstyled, default settings 🫧

⚠️ okay important bestie: "new_Record" does NOT add the new record to $pdb. it's just floating there, unattached. If you want it in the PDB, you need "$pdb->append_Record". do not forget this step, I am begging 🙏

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Palm::PDB
• Palm::StdAppInfo

go read those too, they're the supporting cast and they deserve their flowers 💐

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⭐ CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT ⭐

Palm::Memo requires no configuration files and no environment variables. zero setup. plug and play. we love a low-maintenance module 🫶

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🙈 INCOMPATIBILITIES 🙈

None reported. ✨ squeaky clean, no drama, no beef.

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💅 BUGS AND LIMITATIONS 💅

No bugs have been reported. 🔥 flawless, allegedly, and we're choosing to believe it.

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💖 AUTHORS 💖

• Andrew Arensburger <arensb AT ooblick.com>
• Currently maintained by Christopher J. Madsen <perl AT cjmweb.net>

Please report any bugs or feature requests to <bug-Palm AT rt.cpan.org> or through the web interface at <http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Report.html?Queue=Palm> 🌸

You can follow or contribute to p5-Palm's development at <https://github.com/madsen/p5-Palm> 🦋

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🎀 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE 🎀

This software is copyright (c) 2003 by Andrew Arensburger & Alessandro Zummo 👑

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself. periodt 💅

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🚨 DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY 🚨

okay bestie this part is in ALL CAPS because it means business, so buckle up:

BECAUSE THIS SOFTWARE IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE SOFTWARE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE SOFTWARE "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE SOFTWARE PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR, OR CORRECTION.

IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR REDISTRIBUTE THE SOFTWARE AS PERMITTED BY THE ABOVE LICENSE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SOFTWARE (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE SOFTWARE TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER SOFTWARE), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

💀 translation: it's free, so if it breaks, that's on you. no cap. the lawyers made us say it.

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and that's the whole page, bestie 🫶 this was perl v5.34.0, dated 2022-06-16, and you just read Palm::Memo(3pm). slay, go write some memos, mwah 💋✨