Re: [MacPerl] Writing a control strip module

[online@mactech.com (Jeff at MacTech)]

In article <mac-perl.v04011702b1c66eedfb43@[24.48.29.205]>, Chris Nandor
<pudge@pobox.com> wrote:

>At 03.46 -0400 1998.07.06, Jeff at MacTech wrote:
>>You can't write a control strip module in Perl--there's more to it than
>>changing the creator to "sdev", and it just isn't possible to do with
>>MacPerl. Sorry.
>
>Well, I wouldn't say it isn't possible, but it is probably not possible
>without writing a MacPerl Extension and extension.

I probably overstated my case, but what I was thinking is that some of the
control strip code is called during the boot process, at which time
MacPerl certainly won't be running, so it would be hard to write an entire
CSM _in_ Perl. On the other hand, you could write a CSM which runs
arbitrary Perl scripts, but again you wouldn't write the module in Perl
itself. There might be something else possible, but it would require a
considerable amount of programming effort in another language. (And if the
CSM has to launch MacPerl to do its work, it kind of defeats the purpose
of a control strip module--writing perl droplets to stash in the Apple
Menu might be a more practical way to go.)

Just a few thoughts.
-- 
__________________________________________________________________________

Jeff Clites                Online Editor           http://www.MacTech.com/
online@MacTech.com         MacTech Magazine
__________________________________________________________________________

***** Want to unsubscribe from this list?
***** Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to mac-perl-request@iis.ee.ethz.ch