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- This BBEdit extension allows the running of MacPerl scripts from BBEdit. MacPerl
- is a Macintosh port of the Perl programming language by Matthias Neeracher.
- Information about MacPerl is available at
- <http://err.ethz.ch/members/neeri/macintosh/perl-qa.html>
-
- This extension sends the text in the active BBEdit window to MacPerl to be
- executed as a Perl script. If a Perl script executed by the extension writes
- output to stdout or stderr then a new BBEdit window is created and the output is
- put into the new window after the script is finished executing (any stderr text
- is first followed by the stdout text). MacPerl must be running before the
- extension is executed, otherwise an alert is displayed. Typing the command and
- period keys together will terminate the extension, although the Perl script
- started by the extension will still be running.
-
- To use the extension put it in the "BBEdit Extensions" folder that is in the same
- folder as the BBEdit application. If BBEdit is running the extension will only
- appear in the Extensions menu after BBEdit is quit and restarted.
-
- The extension is a 68K BBEdit extension and should work on a 68K or PPC Macintosh
- with MacPerl 4 or 5, and BBEdit or BBEdit Lite (I've only tried it with version
- 3.5.2 of BBEdit).
-
- This extension is freeware. If you have any questions or comments, or would like
- a copy of the source code, please let me know.
-
- Of related interest is the BBEdit Script Extension for MacPerl written by
- Matthias Neeracher. This allows Perl scripts to be saved as BBEdit extensions by
- MacPerl. There is a Perl interface to BBEdit that allows MacPerl scripts saved as
- BBEdit extensions to use BBEdit extension callbacks. Unfortunately, the last time
- I checked (using the 07Feb96 version of the BBEdit Script Extension with MacPerl
- 5.0.6) the BBEdit extension callbacks did not work on 68K Macintoshes (they do
- work on PPC Macintoshes). The BBEdit Script Extension for MacPerl is available
- from
- <ftp://err.ethz.ch/pub/neeri/MacPerl/MPBBEdit_07Feb96.sit.bin>
-
- Brad Hanson
- bhanson@avalon.net, BradH5@aol.com
-
-
- Version History
-
- April 15, 1996 - Version 1.0
-
- - Pressing command-period will stop the extension.
-
- - Added alerts for more informative error messages.
-
- - Added version resource.
-
-
- January, 1996 - Version 0 (actually no version number)
-
- I submitted this initial version to the MacPerl mailing list.
-