Re: [MacPerl] syntax error

[Alan Fry]

At 7:29 AM +0100 2/12/2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

I have this message:

# Can't modify concatenation (.) or string in scalar assignment, near
"extern:"
File 'disc-extern:macperl5:perl561r2:MacPerl :Mhonarc:install'; Line 1
# syntax error, near "extern:"
File 'disc-extern:macperl5:perl561r2:MacPerl :Mhonarc:install'; Line 1
# Execution of disc-extern:macperl5:perl561r2:MacPerl :Mhonarc:install
aborted due to compilation errors.

I don't understand the syntax error; I don't find in the Perl: a
beginner 's guide book, first edition, translated in spanish.
thanks for your help,

My experience chimes with Thomas' -- just download the package, de-archive with Stuffit Expander and put the resultant folder wherever you like.

You might like to consider a droplet to kick MHonArc into action along the following lines:

#!perl
unless (-e "Knapton:Desktop Folder:MHonArc") {
mkdir "Knapton:Desktop Folder:MHonArc", 655}

$fold = MacPerl::Ask(
"Name of mail folder", "Knapton:System Folder:Eudora Folder:Mail Folder:"
);

@ARGV = (-outdir, "Knapton:Desktop Folder:MHonArc", $fold);

do "mhonarc";

You should put the droplet in the MHonArc folder (where it can 'see' the file 'mhonarc') with an alias to the droplet somewhere handy.

Best of luck,

Alan Fry