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authorRafael Garcia-Suarez <rgarciasuarez@gmail.com>2005-02-12 16:26:47 +0000
committerRafael Garcia-Suarez <rgarciasuarez@gmail.com>2005-02-12 16:26:47 +0000
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Mac OS Classic vs Mac OS X clarications
by Sherm Pendley p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23963
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@@ -819,8 +819,10 @@ the Registry yourself. In addition to associating C<.pl> with the
interpreter, NT people can use: C<SET PATHEXT=%PATHEXT%;.PL> to let them
run the program C<install-linux.pl> merely by typing C<install-linux>.
-Macintosh Perl programs will have the appropriate Creator and
-Type, so that double-clicking them will invoke the Perl application.
+Under "Classic" MacOS, a perl program will have the appropriate Creator and
+Type, so that double-clicking them will invoke the MacPerl application.
+Under Mac OS X, clickable apps can be made from any C<#!> script using Wil
+Sanchez' DropScript utility: http://www.wsanchez.net/software/ .
I<IMPORTANT!>: Whatever you do, PLEASE don't get frustrated, and just
throw the perl interpreter into your cgi-bin directory, in order to