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diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/tlperl/lib/pods/perlfaq3.pod b/Master/tlpkg/tlperl/lib/pods/perlfaq3.pod index e2fe11621ba..3093d36afa7 100644 --- a/Master/tlpkg/tlperl/lib/pods/perlfaq3.pod +++ b/Master/tlpkg/tlperl/lib/pods/perlfaq3.pod @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ operations typically found in symbolic debuggers. The C<psh> (Perl sh) is currently at version 1.8. The Perl Shell is a shell that combines the interactive nature of a Unix shell with the power of -Perl. The goal is a full featured shell that behaves as expected for +Perl. The goal is a full-featured shell that behaves as expected for normal shell activity and uses Perl syntax and functionality for control-flow statements and other things. You can get C<psh> at http://sourceforge.net/projects/psh/ . @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ with C<File::Find> which is part of the standard library: print join "\n", @files; -If you simply need to quickly check to see if a module is +If you simply need to check quickly to see if a module is available, you can check for its documentation. If you can read the documentation the module is most likely installed. If you cannot read the documentation, the module might not @@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ as you write it will help prevent bugs. Your editor can and should help you with this. The perl-mode or newer cperl-mode for emacs can provide remarkable amounts of help with most (but not all) code, and even less programmable editors can provide significant -assistance. Tom Christiansen and many other VI users swear by +assistance. Tom Christiansen and many other VI users swear by the following settings in vi and its clones: set ai sw=4 @@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ Ctags uses an index to quickly find things in source code, and many popular editors support ctags for several different languages, including Perl. -Exuberent ctags supports Perl: http://ctags.sourceforge.net/ +Exuberant ctags supports Perl: http://ctags.sourceforge.net/ You might also try pltags: http://www.mscha.com/pltags.zip @@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ under Windows 95/98/NT/2000. http://www.optiperl.com/ OptiPerl is a Windows IDE with simulated CGI environment, including -debugger and syntax highlighting editor. +debugger and syntax-highlighting editor. =item Padre @@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ Visual Perl is a Visual Studio.NET plug-in from ActiveState. http://www.zeusedit.com/lookmain.html Zeus for Window is another Win32 multi-language editor/IDE -that comes with support for Perl: +that comes with support for Perl. =back @@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ http://www.contexteditor.org/ There is also a toyedit Text widget based editor written in Perl that is distributed with the Tk module on CPAN. The ptkdb -( http://ptkdb.sourceforge.net/ ) is a Perl/tk based debugger that +( http://ptkdb.sourceforge.net/ ) is a Perl/Tk-based debugger that acts as a development environment of sorts. Perl Composer ( http://perlcomposer.sourceforge.net/ ) is an IDE for Perl/Tk GUI creation. @@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ is a full Perl development environment with full debugger support =item Alpha is an editor, written and extensible in Tcl, that nonetheless has -built in support for several popular markup and programming languages +built-in support for several popular markup and programming languages, including Perl and HTML ( http://www.his.com/~jguyer/Alpha/Alpha8.html ). =item BBEdit and BBEdit Lite @@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ These are Perl bindings for the Gtk toolkit ( http://www.gtk.org ). The interface changed significantly between versions 1 and 2 so they have separate Perl modules. It runs under Unix, Win32 and Mac OS X (currently it requires an X server on Mac OS, but a 'native' port is underway), and -the widgets look the same on every plaform: i.e., they don't match the +the widgets look the same on every platform: i.e., they don't match the native widgets. As with Wx, the Perl bindings follow the C API closely, and the documentation requires you to read the C documentation to understand it. @@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ requires some judgement, however, because any changes will be propagated back to the original data. If you really want to mangle (er, modify) a copy, you'll have to sacrifice the memory needed to make one. -=item * Tie large variables to disk. +=item * Tie large variables to disk For "big" data stores (i.e. ones that exceed available memory) consider using one of the DB modules to store it on disk instead of in RAM. This @@ -840,7 +840,8 @@ Both of these solutions can have far-reaching effects on your system and on the way you write your CGI programs, so investigate them with care. -See http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-category/15_World_Wide_Web_HTML_HTTP_CGI/ . +See also +http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-category/15_World_Wide_Web_HTML_HTTP_CGI/ . =head2 How can I hide the source for my Perl program? |