Re^4: [emacs] perldoc on windows

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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
> Why the hell don't I just use Linux!?!? Ask my employer. :/ update Look Emacs and Perl try heavily to be platform independend. There is no reason to have a dependency on man, nroff, sed and awk. Anyway there is plenty of legacy code depending on man, and eLisp should be flexible enough to use `woman` instead. (If I had the time I'd produce a pod2info converter) Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery}	[reply] [d/l]
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
> Actually, I was hoping that you would mention a better option. I can certainly use `emacs -nw` as a pager, but this is becoming somehow circular now! :) BTW: my colleagues had problems installing gvim... Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery}	[reply] [d/l]
Re^7: [emacs] perldoc on windows by Happy-the-monk (Canon) on Mar 24, 2018 at 19:59 UTC
You can get gvim as a portable app, then you need no installation. Cheers, Sören Créateur des bugs mobiles - let loose once, run everywhere. (hooked on the Perl Programming language)	[reply]
Re^8: [emacs] perldoc on windows by LanX (Saint) on Mar 24, 2018 at 20:10 UTC

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