I've just found the demo.pl file that comes with the OS X developer
DVD and the wxWidgets environment that it implies seems to be
something that I could really make us of. I have a ton of PERL
functionality that I'd really like to port to OS X as more and more
of my clients are on this platform.
However, when I try and run demo.pl or any of the wxWidges PERL
scripts that I've found on-line all i get is a window that I then
cannot focus on nor select in any way. There doesn't seem to be any
documentation anywhere as how to *invoke* these widgets. There is
plenty on how to write the code (and it all seems very
straightforward) but nothing on the step after that: running it.
I'm trying to invoke it by opening a "terminal" window running zsh
and typing
perl demo.pl
or
perl demo.pl &
which only results in the frustrating display of a bunch of goodies
that I then cannot touch. What's the missing piece? Does this have
to be run though X11? Do I need to install another script
interpreter besides "perl" and run that instead? "wxperl demo.pl"?
Even the name of the technology that has to be used would be a big help.
/Don
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