Re: simple Perl script template

It's a nice idea, but surely your editor of choice already has the means to produce a template for you, determined by the extension of the new file you are creating. I use perl-support.vim which provides an uber template file for producing .pl, .pm, .t files and others. Here's the the .pl template that i use, notice how it is large enough to warrant a template and not line by line print statements:

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== comment.file-description-pl == start ==
#!/usr/bin/env perl 

use strict;
use warnings;
use Data::Dumper;

use Pod::Usage;
use Getopt::Long;

GetOptions (
    'help' => \my $help,
    'man'  => \my $man,
);
pod2usage( -verbose => 0 ) if $help;
pod2usage( -verbose => 2 ) if $man;

<CURSOR>


__END__
=head1 NAME

|FILENAME| -

=head1 SYNOPSIS

|FILENAME| [options]

 Options:
   --help           list usage
   --man            print man page

=head1 OPTIONS

=over 8

=item B<-help>

Print a brief help message and exits.

=item B<-man>

Prints the manual page and exits.

=back

=head1 DESCRIPTION

B<This program>

=cut
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Perhaps you noticed the <CURSOR> token in the middle? That's where my editing cursor appears, ready to insert code. Very handy.

jeffa

L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L--
-R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR
B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B--
H---H---H---H---H---H---
(the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)

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Re^2: simple Perl script template by Dumu (Monk) on Apr 09, 2015 at 15:53 UTC
My editor of choice is also Vim, so I shall investigate perl-support.vim. I wanted this because I kept writing little scripts to test Perl and CPAN dist features with the two lines at the top of this script. I thought automating this in Vim would mean hacking Vimscript, and I just thought "hang on, automating text files - why not use Perl?". I should have known that indomitable Vim would include templating support or have a plugin for it. This script does exactly what I need for writing little scripts though, so I shall probably continue to use it - probably alongside perl-support.vim if it meets my needs. After all, sometimes I do use ed instead of Vim :D	[reply]

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Re^2: simple Perl script template
by Dumu (Monk) on Apr 09, 2015 at 15:53 UTC

My editor of choice is also Vim, so I shall investigate perl-support.vim.

I wanted this because I kept writing little scripts to test Perl and CPAN dist features with the two lines at the top of this script. I thought automating this in Vim would mean hacking Vimscript, and I just thought "hang on, automating text files - why not use Perl?". I should have known that indomitable Vim would include templating support or have a plugin for it.

This script does exactly what I need for writing little scripts though, so I shall probably continue to use it - probably alongside perl-support.vim if it meets my needs.

After all, sometimes I do use ed instead of Vim :D

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