[emacs] perl info file

LanX has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I don't know if it's even worth asking...

cperl-mode in emacs supports querying the symbol or function under cursor within gnu-info-files of perl. They are displayed within the internal info-reader. (actually the gnu-info-reader is nothing else than emacs light, just type "info")

You can find these commands in the menu "perl -> perl doc -> Help on ..."

The problem is to only get "info file perl does not exist"

hmm googling delivers an old cpan version of perl 5.6 info file and nothing newerš.

I'm sure I could try to translate it on my own from POD, but the questions are

does it worth it to use info, if I can run interactively perldoc from within cperl-mode?
If not, why the hack does cperl-mode still support info files for perl, cluttering the menues?

Cheers Rolf

FOOTNOTES: (1) Found this ftp-dir also reflecting the version from 2001! ... just tried to configuere the path to these files within emacs , without success...

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Re: [emacs] perl info file by Utilitarian (Vicar) on Jul 22, 2009 at 07:11 UTC
`M-x cperldoc-mode` Then enter the keyword you are using, best kept in a separate buffer or of course you could use perldoc on the command-line. Update LanX below is correct, (a while since I used emacs...vi...editor v's OS...flame war) `M-x cperl-perldoc` was what I meant and `perl-perldoc-at-point` was what you meant	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: [emacs] perl info file by LanX (Saint) on Jul 22, 2009 at 10:56 UTC
There is no cperldoc-mode in the web, did you mean perldoc.el ? Or do you mean: `cperl-perldoc` or `cperl-perldoc-at-point`š ? (I occasionally use `M-x woman`) I suppose the benefit from info-files comes from better highlighting, being able to navigate with hyperlinks and using a search over all documents, I'm afraid cperl-perldoc can't do this. Cheers Rolf UPDATES/FOOTNOTES: (1) They work fine, but like always the keybindings are ridiculously long `C-c C-h p` or `C-c C-h P`, thankfully they can be redefined... REPLY TO YOUR UPDATE: > perl-perldoc-at-point was what you meant No, `cperl-info-on-command` and `cperl-info-on-current-command` was what I meant. 8) and `c``perl-perldoc-at-point` was what you meant! ;-)	[reply] [d/l] [select]


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