Re: Re: [MacPerl] BBEdit 5.1/MacPerl and STDOUT

[WAMerrill@aol.com]

Thanks Vicki... Is all this documented somewhere?  I must have missed it.  I 
tried it and it works great!

Will


In a message dated 6/15/99 12:16:58 PM, you wrote:
>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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