Re: [MacPerl] Re: Newlines

[Christian Huldt <chr@solvare.se>]

Richard Rathe skrev/wrote:
>... But doesn't the same problem crop up after you've done the conversion
>with a text editor? I'd much rather work around the exceptions (the need
>for weird characters in my files) than the rule (MacPerl blind to every
>UNIX script in existence!)

unix perl wants text files, macperl wants text files...
If one transfers text unix <-> mac they have to be converted to the current
OS text format, but most ftp clients do that

>Another example is the directory delimiter. What
>harm would be done if MacPerl automatically changed '/' to ':' and back
>again when it works on directories and files?

'/' is a valid character in names on macs. Should we escape it??

David Turley skrev/wrote:
>(Now if I could only get GD.pm to install on my Unix
>account)

I have the same problem... Am I spoiled by the ease of macperl?

Christian
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