TextPad as Perl editor ?

[TAM]

Hi,

I am new to TextPad. I was wondering if I can use TextPad as a Perl Editor. If yes, do I have to buy anything exta.

Tam

[Ed]

1. Yes
2. No, but download (free and short) Perl syntax definitions from http://www.textpad.com/add-ons/synn2t.html to get pretty colours