Hi,
I tried it on my openSUSE 12.2 Linux OS and it looks good. (I only work with Linux these days).
I remember reading about Perl on NetBeans a while ago and I thought it was abandoned.
Nice work with the syntax highlighting.
Perl is my primary language these days but in the past I have worked with Java and NetBeans.
I currently use the notorious Vim with a perl plugin support.
I am interested in helping this project, but currently I am very busy with my daytime job.
I will checkout the code to see it.
The real-time parser is going to be a big challenge. In Perl community there is a saying : "Only Perl can parse Perl". I am not sure how true is it but it is interesting to find out.
Padre IDE and Eclipse EPIC are using the perl compiler behind the scenes to highlight the errors. It's an easy and practical solution I believe. Intellij IDEA also has support for Perl files only to highlight the syntax with no other support whatsoever. (In fact I was planning to try to write a plugin for Intellij IDEA for Perl myself)
These were my comments for now.
Best Regards.
Catalin