Re: [MacPerl] Syntax Coloring in BBEdit

[Chris Nandor <pudge@pobox.com>]

At 08.32 -0500 1998.12.22, Matt Henderson wrote:
>Hello folks,
>
>This is probably a newbie faq, but after ten minutes of looking, I can't
>find the answer...
>
>When instructing MacPerl to "Edit Script with BBEdit", the file that is
>opened in BBEdit is named:
>
>     my_file_name.pl [Perl]
>
>BBEdit is configured to apply colorisation to the syntax of files with
>extensions .pl, but not files ending in [Perl]. Furthermore, when adding
>[Perl] as an extension in the "Languages" preference panels, it attempts
>define the expected suffix ".[Perl]" (preceded with a dot) rather than "
>[Perl".
>
>The workaround I've found is to end sourcefile names with a dot, e.g.:
>
>     my_file_name.pl.
>
>...and define a Perl language prefix in BBEdit...
>
>     . [Perl]
>
>In this case, the files opened in BBEdit, from within MacPerl, are
>colorised. I'd prefer not to end all my .pl files with an additional dot
>(i.e. .pl.), so I hope there's a simpler solution.
>
>Any information greatly appreciated.

In my BBEdit prefs, I added the following:

  .pl [Perl]
  .pm [Perl]
  .plx [Perl]

etc.

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