on 4/9/02 10:47 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] purportedly said:

> At 20:37 -0600 2002.04.09, Keary Suska wrote:
>> Test case:
>> 
>> __BEGIN__
>> print "Enter string: ";
>> $string = <>;
>> print $string;
>> __END__
>> 
>> 1. close output window.
>> 2. Now you are SOL. MacPerl can only be shut down with the secondarily
>> infamous three-finger salute--cmd-opt-esc.
> 
> What version of MacPerl?  I am unable to close the output window (i.e., the
> "MacPerl" window).  MacPerl won't allow it, in either 5.6.1r1 or 5.2.0r4.

5.6.1r1. But I forgot one critical element: you have to hit cmd-. before
attempting to close the output window. MacPerl won't allow you to close the
output window until you have hit cmd-., then it will, and the problem as
explained occurs.

> 
>> There is probably a more official place to report this kind of a thing, but
>> I wanted list members to be aware of this "bug".
> 
> All bugs must be submitted to the bug reporting system, or they will
> certainly get lost.  Bug reports are Cc:d to the macperl-porters list.  If
> you want the main list to be aware of something, you can post it both to
> the reporting system, and then to the list.

I will submit the bug properly. Thanks.

Keary Suska
Esoteritech, Inc.
"Leveraging Open Source for a better Internet"

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