[MacPerl] [fwd] MacPerl and Alpha 7.0 problems

[Tom Fetherston <ranch1@earthlink.net>]

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>Subject: Re: [MacPerl] MacPerl and Alpha 7.0
>Date: Wed, 28 Jan 98 12:28:20 -0500
>From: Lionel Artom-Ginzburg <lionel@bigtime.blank.org>
>To: "Joshua Done" <joshua@tka.att.ne.jp>, "MacPerl" <mac-perl@iis.ee.ethz.ch>
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>>I do most of my perl programming for unix.  I use xemacs for my text
>>editor.  I have been using Alpha's text editor on my Mac because of the
>>similar key bindings to that of emacs.  I recently upgraded to Alpha 7.0
>>and have been unable to use Alpha in Perl mode.  Is their anyone else out
>>their who uses Alpha who has run into the same problem.  I am sure it is
>>just a setup problem, however, I have been unable to find out how to
>>activate perl mode.  I have switched back to version 6.5.2.  I would
>>appreciate any help given.  Also, if anyone knows of a port of xemacs to
>>the Mac could you let me know of that as well.
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>The only port of emacs to the Mac I'm aware of is of version 18.59, which
>is so old that I'm not sure you'd be interested in it.  It can be found at
>
>http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/
>
>which is also the address of a page devoted to TeX on the Mac that
>includes a good section on the capabilities of various Mac text editors.
>I've futzed around a bit with this MacEMACS, and it's stable, but not
>very fun to use.  (Maybe it's just that I haven't used version 18 in a
>bunch of years, and keep forgetting what features do and don't exist
>under it)
>
>I've noticed some weird behavior in Alpha 7, too.  I've gotten the Perl
>mode to activate (the popup menu at the bottom right of the screen-- it
>defaults to "Text" in red letters-- seems to be more reliable than the
>dragdown menus at the top), but it more than occasionally shuts off, or
>forgets where the MacPerl application is and won't execute scripts from
>the editor  (Part of my problem may be that my MacPerl installation is on
>a removable drive at the moment, and my desktop may be a bit screwy as a
>result). It's definitely not as stable as 6.52,  and loads much more
>slowly. I'm hoping that he updates it soon-- if he does, I'll register
>it, no question.  As good a product as I've been told BBEdit is, I just
>can't justify spending more for a text editor than I did on my word
>processor!
>
>Lionel
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