gcc 3.3 / Panther / Mac::Carbon

2003-07-13 Thread Chris Nandor
I was notified of some odd errors compiling Mac::Carbon for Panther, along the lines of: In file included from /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/CarbonCore.frame work/Headers/CarbonCore.h:113, from /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Hea

Re: steps to install Perl 5.8.0

2003-07-13 Thread Sherm Pendley
On Sunday, July 13, 2003, at 01:04 PM, Paul Corr wrote: I used the default '/usr/local' installation base, not replacing Apple's install But that *does* replace part of Apple's install. Or rather, it installs 5.8.0 into the directory (/Library/Perl) where Apple's install places all of its CPAN

Re: Applescript vs. Perl (was: DropScript confusion about cwd)

2003-07-13 Thread Andrew M. Langmead
On Sunday, July 13, 2003, at 11:00 AM, Chris Nandor wrote: Yes ... not to keep this discussion alive or anything, but that's how many Perl programmers feel, in my experience. We think more like Perl than AppleScript. Other people think more like AppleScript. While we can pity them ;-), it end

Re: DropScript confusion about cwd

2003-07-13 Thread Doug McNutt
At 08:14 +0200 7/13/03, Yvon Thoraval wrote: >Curiously i've found the so called "natural language" of AS loosing me... being >un-natural to me. At 08:00 -0700 7/13/03, Chris Nandor wrote: >Yes ... not to keep this discussion alive or anything. . . . . And, folks. Don't make the mistake, as I on

Re: steps to install Perl 5.8.0

2003-07-13 Thread David R. Morrison
One more tip for you: since you now have an "externally installed" Perl 5.8.0 (from fink's point of view), you can notify fink about it by installing fink's system-perl580 package. (That might be only in the unstable tree at the moment, I'm not sure.) In any event, since you are running fink und

steps to install Perl 5.8.0

2003-07-13 Thread Paul Corr
Folks, After seeing a post on installing 5.8 on MacOS X the other day, and being unsuccessful in the past, I decided to try again. After some problems, research and solutions, I was successful. Since I had to do quite a bit of Web searching, etc., I thought I'd post my steps and notes here. No

Re: DropScript confusion about cwd

2003-07-13 Thread Sherm Pendley
On Sunday, July 13, 2003, at 03:29 AM, David Ledger wrote: The sooner 'Project Builder' can create perl or shell projects directly the better. What sort of projects? A simple .pl file doesn't really need a project - it's just a single file. You can use PB to edit it, although BBEdit is arguably

Re: DropScript confusion about cwd

2003-07-13 Thread David Ledger
I agree that the semantic distinction is very tenuous. However, I disclaim any ownership or responsibility for it - it's not *my* distinction. It's a marketing distinction, and personally I find it not only a patently false distinction but also an intentionally misleading one - "AppleScript

Re: DropScript confusion about cwd

2003-07-13 Thread Chris Nandor
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yvon Thoraval) wrote: > I've started programming in Fortran IV followed by Basic and then > assembly language my "learning curve" was, by far, much more easier > within Perl than AS. Curiously i've found the so called "natural > language" of A

Re: carbon events

2003-07-13 Thread Chris Nandor
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Ackerman) wrote: > I am trying to use FSpIterateDirectory (SPEC, MAXLEVELS, > ITERATEFILTER, YOURDATAPTR) from Mac::MoreFiles, which only returns the > first file without WaitNextEvent(). I don't understand what WaitNextEvent() has to do