Re: [MacPerl] BBedit filter problem

[Jim Correia <correia@barebones.com>]

On 2:21 PM 12/25/00 robinmcf@altern.org wrote:

> I'm having a problem using the enclosed script with BBedit 6.02, if i
> try to run it without telling BBedit to make MacPerl the frontmost
> app, the MacPerl app window doesn't fully open, a progress window is
> thrown up by BBedit and nothing else happens; when I try to kill this
> process using the command + period combo  it has no effect - the
> close button on the progress window is greyed out. I the only way
> I've managed to wrest control back is by force quitting (usually just
> BBedit and MacPerl).
> 
> The script itself runs under the MacPerl app as one would expect it
> to - anyone else care to try (save it into the scripts folder and try
> running it)?

Putting up standard file in the background is a good way to "hang" the
machine.  MacPerl should notice this and request attention to be brought
to the front before doing so.  It apparantely doesn't, so your script
will have to do the work by calling SetFrontProcess or something
similar.


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Jim Correia                                Bare Bones Software, Inc.
correia@barebones.com                     <http://web.barebones.com>

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