Perl5.10 and BBEdit: Syntax Coloring and Syntax Checking, How?

[cbedgar]

A magnificant feature of BBEdit is syntax coloring and syntax checking of various languages. BBEdit makes perl programming easier, because keywords are highlighted and comments are indicated with color. The programmer immediately catches mistakes quickly, because unclosed quotes and regular expressions are obvious.

I want to use Perl version 5.10.0. It has a number of seemingly small but very useful improvements, such as defined or, say, switch, static variables, and regex optimizations. Once you have used it for a while, the old Perl5.8 way seems so clunky.

But, here's the rub. BBEdit does not seem to handle the new Perl5.10 syntax. So, do I give up syntax coloring and checking in BBEdit, or do I give up Perl5.10? What a choice! :-( I don't want to give up either.

• Does anybody else use BBEdit?
• Are there dictionaries that for BBEdit that support Perl5.10?
• Am I missing something basic? Could it be supported by I am using it wrong?
• Any advice?

[mjg]

ikegami is on the right track above. Open up the BBEdit application bundle (right-click the icon in Finder and select "Show Package Contents") then navigate to Contents/Resources. You'll find a file called "Perl Keywords.txt" there. Make a backup of it if you like, then open it up and add keywords you'd like highlighted. I added the following for Perl 5.10.1:

say
UNITCHECK
state
given
when
default

Not sure where operators like // are, but this should help.

[parv]

Never mind my post below for OP had already addressed the points that I wrote.

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[ikegami]

I'm assuming you've already checked for updates.

Supporting the new keywords might be as simple as adding a few words to some text file. Did you check your BBEdit directory for a keyword dictionary? Such is the case for UltraEdit. (Make a backup before doing any changes, of course!)

[Anonymous Monk]

Any advice?
Be direct :) contact BBEdit support.