At 3:52 Uhr +0100 19.08.2001, Phil Dobbin wrote:
>Hi, list.
>
>Have just upgraded my RAM to 104MB and am about to install cpan-mac-0.50. (Am using
>5.2.0r4 [17 April '98]).
>
>Just a quick request. Could someone walk me through the environment variable set-up?
>
>At the moment my default is Tmp Items:Hard Disk and as I'm running OS 8 there is no
>temporary items folder.
>
>If someone could send a screenshot or an idiot-proof guide, I would really appreciate
>it (I find it somewhat vague...).
>
>TIA,
>
>Phil.
>--
>Phil Dobbin Tile Hill
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] {HND Software Engineering}
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Phil,
to be honest, I'm not absolutely sure what you are asking. Hope this helps:
MacPerl defines two environment variables by default (->Preferences... ->Environment).
Here are my settings:
USER=Tom
TMPDIR=MacintoshHD:Temporary Items:
If these variables aren't properly set on your machine, you can set them manually:
USER can be any name (string) you like and TMPDIR can be any existing directory on one
of your mounted volumes (harddisks). To re-define USER for instance, select it and hit
Remove Variable(s)... and then hit Add Variable... and edit the Name and Value fields
(there's no Change Variable... button). If the Value is a file or folder (TMPDIR), use
the File... or Folder... buttons.
Regarding cpan-mac, the Readme advises you to define two additional variables (if you
want to use the CPAN-shell): HOME and EDITOR. While HOME can be any directory (see the
Readme), EDITOR should be a four-character creator ID of your favorite text editor.
E.g.
HOME=MacintoshHD:Tmp:
EDITOR=R*ch (for BBEdit)
or EDITOR=MPS (for MPW, note that the 4 th char is a blank)
HTH.
Best regards,
--Thomas
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