Re: Using Perl in a Panther environment
Re: Using Perl in a Panther environment
- Subject: Re: Using Perl in a Panther environment
- From: David Miller <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 20:20:15 -0500
On 1/19/2004 3:59 PM -0800, Robert Denton wrote:
> Hello xcode users. I am a recent convert and I need some advice regarding
> the best way to create and test perl scripts in Panther. Is xtools/xcode
> good for this? Does anyone recommend any particular application? For
> example, in a windows environment you can use a freeware app called Crimson
> Editor which is aware of perl syntax and can color code your script for you
> and it also provides a way to test your scripts. I hope there is such a
> convenient way to write perl scripts on a mac. TIA, Robert.
I think this is going to get kind of off-topic for this list...
I'm command-line all the way when dealing with perl. :) I use vim on the
command line (which has excellent color syntax highlighting for Perl [and
many other languages]). And you can of course just run the scripts from
the command-line when you exit the editor.
There are a few Cocoa apps geared toward use as a Perl IDE, but it's been a
while since I've tried them. I'm sure they've improved a bit since then
(it's been a couple years since I looked) but at the time when I looked, it
wasn't enough to drag me away from the command line. :) Look for "perl" on
VersionTracker and you'll find a few.
BBEdit has a built-in syntax checker as well as syntax highlighting, and
it's search/replace capabilities blow vim out of the water. :) I would use
it more but I seem to be tied to vim for some reason. :) I usually open a
script in BBEdit when I need to do one of the aforementioned
search/replaces. :) (such as a global search/replace on a function call to
change it to a different function with different syntax while preserving
the existing arguments in each occurrence... regexp search with
backreferences)
Trying to get back on-topic, XCode can supposedly handle a lot of things,
and it would indeed be cool if it could handle Perl. I haven't
investigated it yet, personally.
--
Dave Miller - System Administrator / Programmer
InTrec Software, Inc. http://www.intrec.com/
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