Re: [MacPerl-Toolbox] Bugs in StandardFile.pl? GET/PUT file dialogs

[Chris Nandor <pudge@pobox.com>]

At 10.29 -0400 1999.07.20, robinmcf@altern.org wrote:
>>That's OK, StandardFile.pl has long since been deprecated in favor of
>>Mac::StandardFile.
>
>risking a RTFM - shouldn't this be written somewhere, like in the folder
>where the example scripts reside or perhaps in the toolbox module pods
>themselves?

It probably is somewhere.  Under the Help menu, you find Mac::StandardFile
when you select "Standard File Dialogs", and StandardFile.pl is nowhere to
be found.  Also, Mac::StandardFile is documented in the book, and
StandardFile.pl is not.  I guess you can infer deprecation this way, even
if it is not explicitly stated.


>BTW I also think the toolbox pods should be seriously overhauled - perhaps
>putting more than a listing of toolbox calls and some dark references to
>making your computer self destruct. I have a doc which I've compiled (from
>posts to this list) which contains examples and in some cases explanations
>as to what to do on how to make custom windows etc. (- in this regard I
>would like to mention Alan Fry's recent posting on using panes[TIC TAC
>TOE}) which I would be perfectly happy to give to anyone feeling competent
>enough to explain what is going on.

This is something I am sure would be a good thing.  There was a
documentation project a couple of years ago, but it never caught on much.
People were either too busy or disinterested.  I think it is certainly a
worthy cause, however.

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