Re: [MacPerl] BBEdit 5.1/MacPerl and STDOUT

[Vicki Brown <vlb@cfcl.com>]

At 10:55 -0400 6/3/99, WAMerrill@aol.com wrote:
>> When you run a MacPerl script directly from BBEdit 5.1 using the new
>> PERL Palette Run option, if the script happens to print to STDOUT, the
>> output will go to another BBEdit Window called "MacPerl Output".  I
>> never saved this output in the past, but this time accidently saved it
>> just after closing the window without realizing it.  (it asks you if you
>> want to save the changes to MacPerl Output - I've always done a shortcut
>> for Don't Save: cmd-D).  If you do happen to save the output, it places
>> it in the BBEdit Application Folder (BBEdit 5.0:MacPerl Support:MacPerl
>> Output).  If you run the same script again, it appends to the same file
>> you just saved - your output will thus contain the old output plus your
>> new output.

If you option-click on the Run button in the palette, you get a preference
dialog for this sort of thing, with various check boxes to modify the
behaviour, as:

    [] Selection Only          [] Use Perl Debugger
    [] Save before Running     [] Bring MacPerl to Front
                               [] chdir to Script's Folder


   Output to:                  Output Options:

    O  New Window                 [] Clear before writing
    O  MacPerl Output File        [] Save After Writing
    O  filename.log


If you check "Clear Before Writing" you won't keep appending STDOUT to the
same place over and over.
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