Re^4: How to set up xcode 4.2 to run perl scripts ?

I'll check BBEdit out. Thanks for the tip!

One other idea that occurred vis-a-vis perl & xcode is:

set output to do shell script "<somehow get the name of my perl script
+ and any args here>"
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i.e. Disguise perl proj's as applescript projects with a simple applescript to run the actual perl and grab the output.

I am having fun right enough. Maybe too much!

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Re^5: How to set up xcode to run perl scripts? [From AppleScript's do shell script]
by luis.roca (Deacon) on Nov 03, 2011 at 23:33 UTC

These should help:

MacOSX Developer Library, Apple Technical Note TN2065 — do shell script in AppleScript
AppleScript the Definitive Guide by Matt Neuburg (Contributing Editor of TidBITS)
- There is an example in the book where he builds a little web client (curl) using Perl to parse URLs and titles from a TidBITS search results page.

* FYI: Executing Perl scripts from within Cocoa applications built in XCode IS possible. You would create a new project, add a new file, then under 'Other' select 'Shell Script' (not 'pure' Perl). However, even if you *only* plan to use AppleScript for your Cocoa app, this is a pretty top heavy approach.

Apologies for not being more clear earlier.

UPDATE

Thursday, Nov 3, 2011 :: 7:59 PM Added note on executing Perl shell scripts from within XCode.

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