Re^2: [emacs] perldoc on windows

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Re^3: [emacs] perldoc on windows by BillKSmith (Monsignor) on Mar 23, 2018 at 17:24 UTC
Refer to ENVIRONMENT on how to use other pagers. Bill	[reply]
Re^4: [emacs] perldoc on windows by LanX (Saint) on Mar 23, 2018 at 17:29 UTC
so, which pager do you recommend on win? Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery}	[reply]
Re^5: [emacs] perldoc on windows by VinsWorldcom (Prior) on Mar 23, 2018 at 18:03 UTC
I have Git installed for Windows in a C:\usr\bin\git directory. Then I added C:\usr\bin\git\usr\bin to the path (yes, that path is correct, not a copy/paste error). That directory has all sorts of Unix useful commands without the need for Cygwin - including less.exe for pager. Another site is GnuWin32 which has *roff utils. I installed groff in C:\usr\bin\groff and with a simple batch file called 'man.bat', I can get man pages from the source.1 files - which I've put in C:\usr\share\man. Why the hell don't I just use Linux!?!?	[reply]
Re^6: [emacs] perldoc on windows by LanX (Saint) on Mar 23, 2018 at 20:39 UTC
Re^5: [emacs] perldoc on windows by BillKSmith (Monsignor) on Mar 23, 2018 at 22:41 UTC
On some windows systems, I am able to use the gvim editor as a 'pager'. I then have perl-like regexs to search the entire document. When this does not work, I settle for 'more'. Actually, I was hoping that you would mention a better option. Bill	[reply]
Re^6: [emacs] perldoc on windows by LanX (Saint) on Mar 23, 2018 at 23:21 UTC
Re^7: [emacs] perldoc on windows by Happy-the-monk (Canon) on Mar 24, 2018 at 19:59 UTC
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Re^3: [emacs] perldoc on windows by haj (Vicar) on Mar 24, 2018 at 10:57 UTC
Regarding the update: To get around the Win 'more', you can invoke 'M-x shell-command perldoc ...' to get the results in an emacs buffer. No console required, but either copypasting names or wrapping shell-command into an emacs macro are needed.	[reply]
Re^4: [emacs] perldoc on windows by LanX (Saint) on Mar 24, 2018 at 11:42 UTC
yeah , thanks,I know. :) I stole some code from Emacs::PDE which does it with `pod2man` and `woman.el` , this solves most issues. I also try to avoid the console and use `eshell` inside emacs instead, perldoc works there flawlessly. A third option might be to load the raw POD code and to switch to pod-mode. (didn't try this yet) I didn't start this thread because I don't have workarounds, but because I think that there should be a drop in replacement such that the logic and bindings in cperl-mode continue to work seamlessly. Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery}	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^5: [emacs] perldoc on windows by karlgoethebier (Abbot) on Mar 25, 2018 at 13:24 UTC
"...I didn't start this thread because I don't have workarounds..." Yes, sure. But wouldn't it be much better to consider a two screen solution? Reading the docs in one monitor in a browser and coding in the other in our beloved emacs? This was the way i did it for a long time. Very convenient. Just some thoughts... Best regards, Karl ŤThe Crux of the Biscuit is the Apostropheť `perl -MCrypt::CBC -E 'say Crypt::CBC->new(-key=>'kgb',-cipher=>"Blowfish")->decrypt_hex($ENV{KARL});'`Help	[reply] [d/l]
Re^6: [emacs] perldoc on windows by LanX (Saint) on Mar 25, 2018 at 14:43 UTC
Re^7: [emacs] perldoc on windows by karlgoethebier (Abbot) on Mar 26, 2018 at 09:49 UTC

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