Re: What are people using perl on Mac OSX for?

[Joe Erickson]

Hand install?  We all know about CPAN, right?

sudo perl -MCPAN -e shell;

http://search.cpan.org/


Joe Erickson
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On Sunday, April 22, 2001, at 03:06 AM, Jeff wrote:

> On Friday, April 20, 2001, at 06:40 AM, Justin Simoni wrote:
>
>> Since this is somewhat a new list, I am very curious of hearing what 
>> people
>> are using Perl on MacOSX for. It seems that people who are serious 
>> about
>> coding would opt for a linux or FreeBsd alternative, since this is most
>> likely what these program will be run under when they're released.
>
> I've been doing Perl coding on Linux and OS X Server boxes, and am 
> happy that OS X for the masses is out - it's a great platform for Perl 
> coding, especially because you can do fun tricks that work in 
> conjunction with other things that OS X can do. With the exception of 
> the install CD on Linux containing more Perl libraries that I don't 
> have to hand install, OS X is a fine Perl platform. I have Perl-coding 
> friends who are now willing to give OS X a look now that they can 
> program on it in a way they're used to. It also opens up new 
> possibilities for Mac-heads who welcome the new dimension.
>
> As for examples, I've got probably >10 different Perl programs (big 
> ones, too) running on my OS X servers here, talking happily with Apache 
> and MySQL. My OS X site, http://osx.hyperjeff.net/ , especially the 
> section on native apps, is all run by a small gang of Perl programs.
>
> I love being able to finally tap into the large archives of Perl 
> programs out there for my Mac. I almost never have any troubles getting 
> them to do what I need. Perl will, I think, be one of the sleeper 
> languages that gets used a lot on OS X.
>
> Now that BBEdit is native on OS X, I'm especially psyched.
>
> Jeff
> http://hyperjeff.net
>

Re: /usr/bin/head is an HTTP 'HEAD' request??

[Emmanuel. M. Decarie]

So what's the best advice for installing modules with CPAN? I had the
head binary wiped by the "install Bundle::CPAN" when I did this as
root.

Following the discussion in this thread, I'm not sure what's the best
way to follow. I'm not an Unix guru. Should I play on the safe side
and install everything as a simple user without root or admin
permissions  and set   the "makepl_arg' option in CPAN to
"PREFIX=~/myUserName/"?

TIA

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Re: Pass BBEdit perl flags??

[Jim Correia]

[While I do read this list, I may miss things, so if you expect an
answer from Bare Bones please do send the question to
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.  Sometimes I get tied up writing code and don't
read lost of list mail.]

On 5:41 PM 4/21/01 Forest Dean Feighner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Is it possible to pass BBEdit flags when running a perl script?

I don't think so if I understand the question correctly.

> I've been playing around with a perl script called swigs.pl and it
> requires additional input to run correctly.
> 
> ./swigs.pl -t Templates Pictures Gallery

If you are running the script in the context of a BBEdit include,
certain environment variables are set up for you.

If you need to pass arbitrary arguments at some other time, then you
can't do it directly right now.  Please write this up as a feature
request and send it to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.

-- 
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] 

Re: Pass BBEdit perl flags??

[Forest Dean Feighner]

My apologies, I don't want to turn this into a feature feud like I've 
seen on other lists.

On Sunday, April 22, 2001, at 12:45 PM, Jim Correia wrote:

> [While I do read this list, I may miss things, so if you expect an
> answer from Bare Bones please do send the question to
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.  Sometimes I get tied up writing code and don't
> read lost of list mail.]
>
>
<...>
> If you need to pass arbitrary arguments at some other time, then you
> can't do it directly right now.  Please write this up as a feature
> request and send it to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
>

Yhea thats it. I was trying to pass arguments to the perl script.

Many Thanks

Forest



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Re: Pass BBEdit perl flags??

[Jim Correia]

On 1:44 PM 4/22/01 Forest Dean Feighner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> My apologies, I don't want to turn this into a feature feud like I've
> seen on other lists.

Naah.  I just wanted to be clear that if you want to make sure we (Bare
Bones Software) see something, you should send it to us directly. 
Posting it to the list isn't a guaranteed method.  That's all :-)

-- 
Jim CorreiaBare Bones Software, Inc.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 

Re: Pass BBEdit perl flags??

[Forest Dean Feighner]

On Sunday, April 22, 2001, at 01:49 PM, Jim Correia wrote:

> On 1:44 PM 4/22/01 Forest Dean Feighner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> My apologies, I don't want to turn this into a feature feud like I've
>> seen on other lists.
>
> Naah.  I just wanted to be clear that if you want to make sure we (Bare
> Bones Software) see something, you should send it to us directly.
> Posting it to the list isn't a guaranteed method.  That's all :-)
>

Roger Wilko, thanks for the reply Jim.





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Re: What are people using perl on Mac OSX for?

[Jeff]

On Friday, April 20, 2001, at 06:40 AM, Justin Simoni wrote:

> Since this is somewhat a new list, I am very curious of hearing what 
> people
> are using Perl on MacOSX for. It seems that people who are serious about
> coding would opt for a linux or FreeBsd alternative, since this is most
> likely what these program will be run under when they're released.

I've been doing Perl coding on Linux and OS X Server boxes, and am happy 
that OS X for the masses is out - it's a great platform for Perl coding, 
especially because you can do fun tricks that work in conjunction with 
other things that OS X can do. With the exception of the install CD on 
Linux containing more Perl libraries that I don't have to hand install, 
OS X is a fine Perl platform. I have Perl-coding friends who are now 
willing to give OS X a look now that they can program on it in a way 
they're used to. It also opens up new possibilities for Mac-heads who 
welcome the new dimension.

As for examples, I've got probably >10 different Perl programs (big 
ones, too) running on my OS X servers here, talking happily with Apache 
and MySQL. My OS X site, http://osx.hyperjeff.net/ , especially the 
section on native apps, is all run by a small gang of Perl programs.

I love being able to finally tap into the large archives of Perl 
programs out there for my Mac. I almost never have any troubles getting 
them to do what I need. Perl will, I think, be one of the sleeper 
languages that gets used a lot on OS X.

Now that BBEdit is native on OS X, I'm especially psyched.

Jeff
http://hyperjeff.net