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@@ -128,9 +128,9 @@
Perl uses n to represent the ``logical'' newline,
where what is logical may depend on the platform in use. In
-MacPerl, n always means 015. In DOSish
+!
MacPerl, n always means 015. In DOSish
perls, n usually means 012, but when
accessing a file in ``text'' mode, STDIO
translates it to (or from) 015012, depending on
whether you're reading or writing. Unix does the same thing
@@ -383,9 +383,9 @@
portability, onerous a burden though this may
appear.
-Likewise, when using the AutoSplit module, try to keep your
+Likewise, when using the !
AutoSplit module, try to keep your
functions to 8.3 naming and case-insensitive conventions;
or, at the least, make it so the resulting files have a
unique (case-insensitively) first 8 characters.
@@ -487,9 +487,9 @@
open(MAIL, '/usr/lib/sendmail -t')
or die
-This is fine for systems programming when sendmail is known to be available. But it is not fine for many non-Unix systems, and even some Unix systems that may not have sendmail installed. If a portable solution is needed, see the various distributions on CPAN that deal with it. Mail::Mailer and Mail::Send in the MailTools distribution are commonly used, and provide several mailing methods, including mail, sendmail, and direct SMTP (via Net::SMTP) if a mail transfer agent is not available. Mail::Sendmail is a standalone module that provides simple, platform-independent mailing.
+This is fine for systems programming when sendmail is known to be available. But it is not fine for many non-Unix systems, and even some Unix systems that may not have sendmail installed. If a portable solution is needed, see the various distributions on CPAN that deal with it. Mail::Mailer and Mail::Send in the !
MailTools distribution are commonly used, and provide several mailing methods, including mail, sendmail, and direct SMTP (via Net::SMTP) if a mail transfer agent is not available. Mail::Sendmail is a standalone module that provides simple, platform-independent mailing.
The Unix System V IPC (msg*(), sem*(),
shm*()) is not available even on all Unix
@@ -529,15 +529,15 @@
In general, the standard modules work across platforms.
Notable exceptions are the CPAN module (which
currently makes connections to external programs that may
not be available), platform-specific modules (like
-ExtUtils::MM_VMS), and DBM
+!
ExtUtils::MM_VMS), and DBM
modules.
There is no one DBM module available on all
platforms. SDBM_File and the others are generally available
-on all Unix and DOSish ports, but not in MacPerl, where only
+on all Unix and DOSish ports, but not in !
MacPerl, where only
NBDM_File and DB_File are available.
The good news is that at least some DBM
@@ -731,9 +731,9 @@
Linux linux ppc-linux
HP-UX hpux PA-RISC1.1
IRIX irix irix
Mac OS X rhapsody rhapsody
-MachTen PPC machten powerpc-machten
+!
MachTen PPC machten powerpc-machten
NeXT 3 next next-fat
NeXT 4 next OPENSTEP-Mach
openbsd openbsd i386-openbsd
OSF1 dec_osf alpha-dec_osf
@@ -845,9 +845,9 @@
The Win32::* modules in Win32.
-The ActiveState Pages,
+The !
ActiveState Pages,
http://www.activestate.com/
The Cygwin environment for Win32; ''README
@@ -866,11 +866,11 @@
__Mac OS__
Any module requiring XS compilation is right
-out for most people, because MacPerl is built using non-free
+out for most people, because !
MacPerl is built using non-free
(and non-cheap!) compilers. Some XS modules
-that can work with MacPerl are built and distributed in
+that can work with !
MacPerl are built and distributed in
binary form on CPAN .
Directories are specified as:
@@ -890,31 +890,31 @@
chmod(0444, ...) and chmod(0666,
...).
-In the MacPerl application, you can't run a program from the
+In the !
MacPerl application, you can't run a program from the
command line; programs that expect @ARGV to be
populated can be edited with something like the following,
which brings up a dialog box asking for the command line
arguments.
if (!@ARGV) {
-@ARGV = split /s+/, MacPerl::Ask('Arguments?');
+@ARGV = split /s+/, !
MacPerl::Ask('Arguments?');
}
-A MacPerl script saved as a ``droplet'' will populate @ARGV with the full pathnames of the files dropped onto the script.
+A !
MacPerl script saved as a ``droplet'' will populate @ARGV with the full pathnames of the files dropped onto the script.
Mac users can run programs under a type of command line
interface under MPW (Macintosh Programmer's
Workshop, a free development environment from Apple).
-MacPerl was first introduced as an MPW tool,
+!
MacPerl was first introduced as an MPW tool,
and MPW can be used like a
shell:
perl myscript.plx some arguments
-ToolServer is another app from Apple that provides access to MPW tools from MPW and the MacPerl app, which allows MacPerl programs to use system, backticks, and piped open.
+!
ToolServer is another app from Apple that provides access to MPW tools from MPW and the !
MacPerl app, which allows !
MacPerl programs to use system, backticks, and piped open.
OS
$^O is
@@ -922,14 +922,14 @@
the application or MPW tool version is
running, check:
- $is_app = $MacPerl::Version =~ /App/;
-$is_tool = $MacPerl::Version =~ /MPW/;
-($version) = $MacPerl::Version =~ /^(S+)/;
-$is_ppc = $MacPerl::Architecture eq 'MacPPC';
-$is_68k = $MacPerl::Architecture eq 'Mac68K';
-Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server, based on NeXT's OpenStep OS , will (in theory) be able to run MacPerl natively, under the ``Classic'' environment. The new ``Cocoa'' environment (formerly called the ``Yellow Box'') may run a slightly modified version of MacPerl, using the Carbon interfaces.
+ $is_app = $!
MacPerl::Version =~ /App/;
+$is_tool = $!
MacPerl::Version =~ /MPW/;
+($version) = $!
MacPerl::Version =~ /^(S+)/;
+$is_ppc = $!
MacPerl::Architecture eq 'MacPPC';
+$is_68k = $!
MacPerl::Architecture eq 'Mac68K';
+Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server, based on NeXT's !
OpenStep OS , will (in theory) be able to run !
MacPerl natively, under the ``Classic'' environment. The new ``Cocoa'' environment (formerly called the ``Yellow Box'') may run a slightly modified version of !
MacPerl, using the Carbon interfaces.
Mac OS X Server and its Open Source version,
Darwin, both run Unix perl natively (with a few patches).
@@ -938,16 +938,16 @@
Also see:
-The MacPerl Pages, http://www.macperl.com/ .
+The !
MacPerl Pages, http://www.macperl.com/ .
-The MacPerl mailing lists, http://www.macperl.org/
+The !
MacPerl mailing lists, http://www.macperl.org/
.
-MacPerl Module Porters, http://pudge.net/mmp/ .
+!
MacPerl Module Porters, http://pudge.net/mmp/ .
__VMS__
@@ -1134,10 +1134,10 @@
character sets internally (usually Character Code Set
ID 0037 for OS/400 and either
1047 or POSIX-BC for S/390 systems). On the mainframe perl
currently works under the ``Unix system services for
-OS/390 '' (formerly known as OpenEdition),
-VM/ESA OpenEdition, or the
+OS/390 '' (formerly known as !
OpenEdition),
+VM/ESA !
OpenEdition, or the
BS200 POSIX-BC system ( BS2000
is supported in perl 5.6 and greater). See perlos390 for
details.
@@ -1248,15 +1248,15 @@
Native filenames are of the form
- Filesystem#Special_Field::DiskName.$.Directory.Directory.File
+ Filesystem#Special_Field::!
DiskName.$.Directory.Directory.File
where
Special_Field is not usually present, but may contain . and $ .
Filesystem =~ m[[A-Za-z0-9_]
-DsicName =~ m[[A-Za-z0-9_/]
+!
DsicName =~ m[[A-Za-z0-9_/]
$ represents the root directory
. is the path separator
@ is the current directory (per filesystem but machine global)
^ is the parent directory
@@ -1342,10 +1342,10 @@
Extensions and XS are, in theory, buildable
by anyone using free tools. In practice, many don't, as
users of the Acorn platform are used to binary
-distributions. MakeMaker does run, but no available make
-currently copes with MakeMaker's makefiles; even if and when
+distributions. !
MakeMaker does run, but no available make
+currently copes with !
MakeMaker's makefiles; even if and when
this should be fixed, the lack of a Unix-like shell will
cause problems with makefile rules, especially lines of the
form cd sdbm , and anything
using quoting.
@@ -1995,9 +1995,9 @@
open FILEHANDLE
-The variants are supported only if ToolServer is installed.
+The variants are supported only if !
ToolServer is installed.
(Mac OS )
open to - and - are unsupported. (Mac
@@ -2185,9 +2185,9 @@
system LIST
-Only implemented if ToolServer is installed. (Mac
+Only implemented if !
ToolServer is installed. (Mac
OS )
As an optimization, may not call the command shell specified
@@ -2461,11 +2461,11 @@
FreeBSD
HP-UX
IRIX
Linux
-MachTen
+!
MachTen
MacOS Classic 2)
-NonStop-UX
+!
NonStop-UX
ReliantUNIX (SINIX)
OpenBSD
OpenVMS (VMS)
OS/2
@@ -2539,9 +2539,9 @@
FPS
GENIX
Greenhills
ISC
-MachTen 68k
+!
MachTen 68k
MiNT
MPC
NEWS-OS
NextSTEP
