Thanks for the help--it was a line break problem. I had read that part of your book, but BBEdit handled the UNIX newlines just fine, so I wasn't aware that the file looked like one long line to MacPerl. Matt At 3:19 PM -0500 4/22/98, Chris Nandor wrote: >At 14.06 1998.04.22, Matt Morse wrote: >>I installed them and tried a couple simple tests, and I always get errors >>of this sort: >> >> # GIFgraph/pie.pm did not return a true value. >> File 'Madrid HD:Desktop Folder:GIFgraphTest'; Line 4 >> # BEGIN failed--compilation aborted. >> >>This sort of error happens with tests of either the Chart or GIGgraph >>functionality, so I assume I didn't install the modules correctly. I've >>looked >>at Extensibility chapter in Chris and Vicki's book (which I can't wait to >>buy!), but don't see what I've done wrong. > >It sounds to me like you missed the part in the chapter about checking for >proper Mac newlines, maybe? > >-- >Chris Nandor mailto:pudge@pobox.com http://pudge.net/ >%PGPKey=('B76E72AD',[1024,'0824 090B CE73 CA10 1FF7 7F13 8180 B6B6']) >#== New Book: MacPerl: Power and Ease ==# >#== Publishing Date: Early 1998. http://www.ptf.com/macperl/ ==# > > > ***** Want to unsubscribe from this list? ***** Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to mac-perl-request@iis.ee.ethz.ch