Re: [MacPerl] Perl questions

[John Springer <springer@scruznet.com>]

> I could write an additional BBEdit extension (or add a preference option
> to the current extension) that when run will switch to MacPerl, and send
> the contents of the active BBEdit window to MacPerl to be executed as
> though it were run using the Run Script command (e.g., STDOUT is sent to
> the MacPerl STDOUT window). This would solve problems (a) and (b). Would
> anyone use this?

Brad,

I'd like two scripts that do this:

A.  Check MacPerl Syntax
        Save front BBEdit window
        if (!exists) open a small BBEdit window called "MacPerl STDOUT"
        Switch to MacPerl
        Check Syntax on file and show results in the BBEdit STDOUT window.

B. Run Perl Script
        Save front BBEdit window
        if(!exists) open a small BBEdit window called "MacPerl STDOUT"
        Switch to MacPerl
        Run file with STDOUT >> BBEdit STDOUT window.
        Refresh contents of any BBEdit windows displaying files that were
changed by the Perl script.

And, I'd like a couple of buttons on a tool bar (like HTML tools) that I
can click to execute these two scripts.

Since you kinda volunteered to maybe do something, I thought I'd let you
know _exactly_ what I'd most like to have. My preference for showing STDOUT
in a BBEdit window is that I want to be able to see stdout and my program
at the same time.  BBEdit hides when I switch to MacPerl.  If there's a way
to let me see both the MacPerl STDOUT window and the BBEdit script window
at once, then its OK to use the MacPerl window instead.  The feature of
updating open BBEdit file windows would be a real help. Currentlly I have
to close the BBEdit window and the Open Recent to refresh the display.

--John Springer
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