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PerlPad-Homepage

What's new

• September 23rd, 2010: Version 0.2.3 makes PerlPad compatible with Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6
• August 22nd, 2009: Moved source code repository from Sourceforge to BitBucket (and from CVS to Mercurial)
• March 18th, 2006: Version 0.2.2 makes PerlPad compatible with Intel-based Macs
• June 3rd, 2005: Version 0.2.1 makes PerlPad compatible with Max OS X 10.4 Tiger

Introduction

• PerlPad Features - Feature Overview for the PerlPad application

• Installation Instructions - Installation Instructions for the PerlPad application

• Release notes for version 0.2.3 - What is new in 0.2.3 ?

• Release notes for version 0.2.2 - What is new in 0.2.2 ?

• Release notes for version 0.2.1 - What is new in 0.2.1 ?

• Release notes for version 0.2 - What is new in 0.2 ?

Quick Tour

• Using the Services Menu - Making sure everything has been installed properly

• Hello World - Basic Perl expressions, variables and subroutines

• Using registered functions to process text quickly - Registered functions, the Process Service and the dock menu

• Add-on Services - Turning Perl snippets into System Services

• Additional options - Specifying both Perl code and input, looping over input lines, redirecting output

Frequently Asked Questions

• The application just crashed after launch! - What to do when PerlPad does not work at all

• The services or keyboard shortcuts do not work! - Hints about common problems with System Services

• What is the difference between and the purpose of Perl_Pad.service and PerlPadAddOn.service ? - Where to put your files when using add-on services

• Can I use PerlPad with Perl 5.8.0 or 5.6.1? - About running PerlPad with a customized Perl installation

• PerlPad crashes when I process Chinese characters - About the limitations regarding non-ASCII text

Links

• Think different - Here are some interesting new approaches to using your Mac