Perl Files. Where To Save On Windows. 2

[macallan12y]

Hi,
I am new to programing. I hope that I have found the right place.

I have installed Activeperl and I can run the sample program but I can not run any of my own programs.

My first question is, does it matter where on C: I save my programs?

Thank You!

 

[ishnid]

Thanks Miller.

I'm hardly a Windows "expert" though: I'm very much a Linux-head. The "hide extensions for known file types" is something I come across again and again when teaching web programming. None of the students' CSS files will be loaded properly because they've that pesky .txt default extension on the end.

 

[travs69]

I like notepad++ but used crimson editor in a java class and it was pretty nifty to. I have noticed notepad++ is a little slow to start

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Travis - Those who say it cannot be done are usually interrupted by someone else doing it; Give the wrong symptoms, get the wrong solutions;

 

[MillerH]

ishnid:

I understand. Nevertheless, There is definitely some special experience necessary to be able to debug the multitude of ways that newbies can manage to misconfigure their systems. I must admit that is generally out of my depth, so I'm still impressed that you knew to ask.

Cool beans,
- M

 

[KevinADC]

So, I am sorry to be asking such rudimentary questions but how do I change the settings such that .txt is no longer automatically added to the end of my notepad files?

I believe the above problem has been solved, but all you need do is surround the filename with quotes when saving it and the applications default extension will not be appended to the end. Select "save-as", then type:

"filename.pl"

then click save.

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- Kevin, perl coder unexceptional!