Re: Perl
Re: Perl
- Subject: Re: Perl
- From: Patrick Tescher <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 22:06:35 -0800
Jody, thanks for your response. I really need an open source program. I took
a look at Moriarity, but I don't see an advantage to it over a simple do
shell script command in an applescript. If another method pops up I might
use that.
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in cocoa-dev digest v2, #65, patrick wrote:
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> Message: 12
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> Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 16:28:17 -0800
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> Subject: Perl
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> From: Patrick Tescher <email@hidden>
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> To: Cocoa Developers <mailto:email@hidden>
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> Is there an easy way to run a perl script from a cocoa app? Or do you
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> have to write a objective-c or java class to run it. I heard they are
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> working on a perl - objective-c bridge, but it isn't here yet.
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i'm not sure if this is what you're looking for, but i have written a cocoa
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app whose sole purpose is to use "plugin" scripts (could be perl, sh, etc.)
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for processing files dropped on the app. i've been a bit distracted lately
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by other projects, so it's only about 90% complete, but i could release it
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soon. it will be freeware, but i'm not sure if i will make the source open
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or not. when it's released, i may post an announcement to the list, but i
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can send you an email if you want.
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if you can't wait, or what i've written about doesn't sound like what
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you're after, or you just want to diy, you should check out the "moriarity"
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example project on the adc site, which shows how to wrap an arbitrary unix
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command in a cocoa app. be aware, though, that there are a couple bugs in
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it, which i think have been discussed in the list.
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perl-objc bridge would be cool thing though!
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-jf
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