Re: [MacPerl] MacPerl, MPW, and Toolserver

[Matthias Ulrich Neeracher <neeri@iis.ee.ethz.ch>]

wsalivar@mv.us.adobe.com (Bill Salivar) writes:
>I am experiencing a problem when running the MacPerl Tool under MPW.  When
>executing the 'system()' call within a loop, I am unable to terminate either
>the script or MacPerl because Toolserver is trapping the <Command><.>
>event.  Thus, Toolserver quits but, of course, is restarted at the next
>iteration of the loop.  The event never reaches Perl or MPW.  Is there a
>better way to do this (beyond not using the system() call)?

I suspectt that there is no real good solution, but have you tried switching
MPW into the foreground first?

Matthias

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