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| markosillypig 2004-02-29, 6:28 pm |
| how do i edit a .pl file from my server its a form aid i can not edit it ??? please help
regards
marko
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| Alan Ames 2004-02-29, 6:28 pm |
| you can open it in dreamweaver, or you could open it in a text editor.
If it doesn't open in dreamweaver, suggest to just rename the file to a .cgi
file extension. It should open then.
Suggest also to go into dreamweaver preferences, Code Format- and change
line feed type to UNIX (if you have unix type hosting) And line wrapping to
1024 characters.
a good text editor is my preference.
Also- am curious- is the info you are giving about blueyonder a different
site or question than the info on hosting you replied to me??
And a site note a touched on much earlier-
If you can use some other scripting on your hosting, such as php; instead of
Perl- they are almost always far far easier to edit and get working without
problems than PERL scripts.
> how do i edit a .pl file from my server its a form aid i can not edit it
> ??? please help
>
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> regards
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> marko
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| kapish5 2004-02-29, 6:28 pm |
| on the mac platform, we have good luck using macperl.
i think the rule to follow is that you can use any word processing app [ms
word!] but you must save it and upload it in binary format.
basically, you should fear formatting code that is added to your script [not a
good thing!] maybe you can do a search for "perl editors".
a bit vague but it may be helpful.
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| Murray *TMM* 2004-02-29, 6:28 pm |
| perl is plain text and can be edited in SimpleText, no?
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"kapish5" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> on the mac platform, we have good luck using macperl.
>
> i think the rule to follow is that you can use any word processing app
[ms
> word!] but you must save it and upload it in binary format.
>
> basically, you should fear formatting code that is added to your script
[not a
> good thing!] maybe you can do a search for "perl editors".
>
> a bit vague but it may be helpful.
>
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| On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 22:15:08 +0000 (UTC), kapish5 in macromedia.dreamweaver wrote:
>on the mac platform, we have good luck using macperl.
> i think the rule to follow is that you can use any word processing app [ms
>word!] but you must save it and upload it in binary format.
No, one wants to stay away from a word processor like MSFT Word. Word
processors tend to add formatting.
For code, one should always use a text editor -- different than a word
processor.
> basically, you should fear formatting code that is added to your script [not a
>good thing!] maybe you can do a search for "perl editors".
Any text editor is a 'perl editor'.
If one is on the Mac, look at SimpleText, or the BBedit.
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| Murray *TMM* 2004-02-29, 9:28 pm |
| Steve:
You can use Word - just make sure you save as text.
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"Steve" <sda@netscape.net> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 22:15:08 +0000 (UTC), kapish5 in
macromedia.dreamweaver wrote:
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[ms[color=darkred]
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> No, one wants to stay away from a word processor like MSFT Word. Word
> processors tend to add formatting.
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> For code, one should always use a text editor -- different than a word
> processor.
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[not a[color=darkred]
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> Any text editor is a 'perl editor'.
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> If one is on the Mac, look at SimpleText, or the BBedit.
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| On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 19:51:57 -0500, Murray *TMM* in macromedia.dreamweaver wrote:
>Steve:
>You can use Word - just make sure you save as text.
One can, but it's not a good idea. I've seen funky formatting sometimes, even
saving as text.
Best to use a real text editor -- they're made for programming.
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| Steve Fleischer 2004-03-01, 1:28 am |
| On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 23:42:46 -0500, Steve wrote:
> Best to use a real text editor -- they're made for programming.
I use these (for Perl):
http://www.dzsoft.com/dzperl.htm
http://www.xarka.com/optiperl/
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| Murray *TMM* 2004-03-01, 8:28 am |
| Not to be argumentative, but Word cannot do funky formatting in a document
saved as text. It's just text.
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"Steve" <sda@netscape.net> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 19:51:57 -0500, Murray *TMM* in macromedia.dreamweaver
wrote:
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> One can, but it's not a good idea. I've seen funky formatting sometimes,
even
> saving as text.
>
> Best to use a real text editor -- they're made for programming.
>
> --
> _..-'( )`-.._
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> ./'.|'.'||||\\|.. )O O( ..|//||||`.`|.`\.
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> ./'.||'.|||| ||||||||||||. .|||||||||||| ||||.`||.`\.
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> '.|||'.||||||| ||||||||||||{ }|||||||||||| |||||||.`|||.`
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> V V V }' `\ /' `{ V V V
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| Steve Fleischer 2004-03-01, 9:28 am |
| On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 07:17:25 -0500, Murray *TMM* wrote:
> Not to be argumentative, but Word cannot do funky formatting in a document
> saved as text. It's just text.
No argument from me. :-)
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| robot88888888 2004-03-01, 10:28 am |
| > If it doesn't open in dreamweaver, suggest to just rename the file to a
..cgi
> file extension. It should open then.
You could also:
-Go into DW's Preferences
-Select File Types / Editors
-Click the plus sign (+) above the Extensions list box
-Type .pl
-Click the plus sign (+) above the Editors list box
-Select DW as the editor
-Click OK
Your PERL files should now open in DW without having to change them to .cgi.
(That's if you're not using the .cgi extension already)
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| On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 07:17:25 -0500, Murray *TMM* in macromedia.dreamweaver wrote:
>Not to be argumentative, but Word cannot do funky formatting in a document
>saved as text. It's just text.
Well perhaps when you've programmed as long as I have, you will see that
happen. I have seen MSFT Word keep wierd formatting from the processor, when
saved as text. That's why hard core programmers say never to use a word
processor. I've been programming since the early 80s, b4 there was a web.
So do what you wish, just giving the advice NOT to use MSFT Word for
programming. Use a text editor. There are many free ones available for
Windoze and or Mac. Many of which feature code highlighting for the various
languages.
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