> On 2/27/01 4:38 AM, "Derry Macqueen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > While editing a script in BBEdit 6.1, I go to the Perl menu and
> > select "Check Syntax". My Mac freezes, or comes up with an error type
> > 10 for MacPerl. I have been running MacPerl scripts every day for
> > years (and still can) without problem. BBEdit 6.1 works
> > beautifully... always has. I only have a problem when using MacPerl
> > through the BBEdit Perl Menu. One more wrinkle: If I edit a MacPerl
> > script in BBEdit, but make no changes, the syntax check works fine.
> > If I introduce a deliberate error, checking syntax causes a crash.
> >
>
> I've had the same type of problem for several months. My posts to the
> list
> and email exchanges with the BBedit people have yielded no
> explanations. I
> can crash my machine by checking a syntactically correct script that is
> less
> than 10 lines long. I thought I had narrowed it down to comments at the
> beginning of the scripts I was checking, but I couldn't find a
> consistent
> pattern to it.
We've narrowed this down to MacPerl crashing when you have
SetFileDialogFolder that comes with Default Folder installed. If that
is the case for you, remove this Scripting Addition, and restart your
machine. Contact <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. They will have a solution
for the bug in this component.
Regards,
Jim
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Jim Correia
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
