Emacs modules for Perl programming

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Maintainer: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@poboxes.com>

Announcement: "What Emacs lisp modules can help with programming Perl"

Preface

Emacs is your friend if you have to do anything comcerning software
development: It offers plug-in modules, written in Emacs lisp
(elisp) language, that makes all your programmings wishes come
true. Please introduce yourself to Emacs and your programming era
will get a new light.

Where to find Emacs/XEmacs

o Unix:
http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/emacs.html
http://www.xemacs.org/

o Unix Windows port (for Unix die-hards):
install http://www.cygwin.com/ which includes native Emacs 21.x.
XEmacs port is bundled in XEmacs setup.exe available from
XEmacs site.

o Pure Native Windows port
http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/ntemacs.html
ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/xemacs/windows/setup.exe

o More Emacs resources at
http://tiny-tools.sourceforge.net/ => Emacs resource page

Emacs Perl Modules

Cperl -- Perl programming mode

ftp://ftp.math.ohio-state.edu/pub/users/ilya/perl
http://www.perl.com/CPAN-local/misc/emacs/cperl-mode/
<ilya@math.ohio-state.edu> Ilya Zakharevich

CPerl is major mode for editing perl files. Forget the default
`perl-mode' that comes with Emacs, this is much better. Comes
standard in newest Emacs.

TinyPerl -- Perl related utilities

http://tiny-tools.sourceforge.net/

If you ever wonder how to deal with Perl POD pages or how to find
documentation from all perl manpages, this package is for you.
Couple of keystrokes and all the documentaion is in your hands.

o Instant function help: See documentation of `shift', `pop'...
o Show Perl manual pages in *pod* buffer
o Grep through all Perl manpages (.pod)
o Follow POD references e.g. [perlre] to next pod with RETURN
o Coloured pod pages with `font-lock'
o Separate `tiperl-pod-view-mode' for jumping topics and pages
forward and backward in *pod* buffer.

o Update `$VERSION' variable with YYYY.MMDD on save.
o Load source code into Emacs, like Devel:Prof.pm
o Prepare script (version numbering) and Upload it to PAUSE
o Generate autoload STUBS (Devel::SelfStubber) for you
Perl Module (.pm)

TinyIgrep -- Perl Code browsing and easy grepping

[TinyIgrep is included in Tiny Tools Kit]

To grep from all installed Perl modules, define database to
TinyIgrep. There is example file emacs-rc-tinyigrep.el that shows
how to set up dattabases for Perl5, Perl4 whatever you have
installed

TinyIgrep calls Igrep.el to to do the search, You can adjust
recursive grep options, set search case sensitivity, add user grep
options etc.

You can find latest `igrep.el' module at
<http://groups.google.com/groups?group=gnu.emacs.sources> The
maintainer is Jefin Rodgers <kevinr@ihs.com>.

TinyCompile -- To Browse grep results in Emacs *compile* buffer

TinyCompile is a minor mode for *compile* buffer from where
you can collapse unwanted lines or shorten file URLs:

/asd/asd/asd/asd/ads/as/da/sd/as/as/asd/file1:NNN: MATCHED TEXT
/asd/asd/asd/asd/ads/as/da/sd/as/as/asd/file2:NNN: MATCHED TEXT

-->

cd /asd/asd/asd/asd/ads/as/da/sd/as/as/asd/
file1:NNN: MATCHED TEXT
file1:NNN: MATCHED TEXT

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