Another intersting and safe method is provided by Text::Metatext which doesn't run on Macs though. Text::Template runs but can get clumsy if you have lots of backslashes (LaTeX syntax) or you have a lot of different templates. Axel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Axel Rose, Springer & Jacoby Digital GmbH & Co. KG, mailto:rose@sj.com pub PGP key 1024/A21CB825 E0E4 BC69 E001 96E9 2EFD 86CA 9CA1 AAC5 "... denn alles, was entsteht, ist wert, daß es zugrunde geht ..." # ===== Want to unsubscribe from this list? # ===== Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to macperl-request@macperl.org