Re: [MacPerl-Scribes] Basic Perl Filters in BBEdit (much revised)

[Brian McNett <webmaster@mycoinfo.com>]

David Steffen, said in Re: [MacPerl-Scribes] Basic Perl Filters in BBEdit 
(much revised) at Apr/20/2000, Thu 14:37:42.

> Some general suggestions:
> 
> 1) I appreciate that some of what Jim Correia said overlapped with 
> what I suggested and I certainly don't expect Brian to use any more 
> of my suggestions than he wants to, but having said that, I feel that 
> some of my deleted material might be useful.  Specifically, I began 
> the article with a basic description of how to use (run) a Perl 
> filter in BBEdit and how to create one.  Most critically (IMHO), the 
> current article doesn't explain that to be available for use, a Perl 
> script needs to be placed in a specific folder within the BBEdit 
> folder. (:MacPerl Support:Perl Filters:)

I'd considered David's basic description of how to run a Perl Filter, but 
the degree of overlap with Jim's comments, and the fact that this 
information seems to be fully documented pointed against it (I know people 
don't read the documentation (even when it's well-written, alas...)).  
Conversely, Jim's comments concerning calling Perl Filters by way of 
AppleScript/Apple Events, might impinge on Chris' forthcoming "Filter 
Tricks" piece. (although I have no idea what he's going to write at this 
point).  It's a balance between being too basic, and too advanced, and I 
admit the results will not be perfect.  The article is not intended as a 
substitute for either hands-on experience or a copy of the BBEdit or Perl 
docos. :-)

> 2) I think moving the discussion of command line switches was a real 
> improvement, but I still think the transition is a little odd, mostly 
> because Jim Correia uses them extensively before Brian discusses 
> them.  I think this can most easily be rectified by deleting (or 
> actually moving) Jim's third example.  The section "TMTOWTDI" 
> basically discusses development of that example, and I would place 
> this final version at the end of that discussion.

Done.

> 3) I think the section "A Useful One-Line Filter" should come before 
> "TWTOWTDI"

Done.

> 4) The section "TWTOWTDI"; it seems disjointed to me, and some of it 
> doesn't seem to fit under this title.  After thinking about it for a 
> while, I suggest the following revision:

Good call!  Done!




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