Many thanks for the replies to my post. The first reply asked for some notes on what bits and pieces could be set up to start new code. I have included the command-line usage message printout. (USPTO is a contract I am working on.) And yes, it is strictly command-line, not a workspace as many assumed.

I have heard of github, but have not looked into it. I will do that.


MST 19:49:59.87  C:\temp:newpl

 Create a skeleton Perl script in the current directory.

Usage:

  newpl  [basename]  ( optional function list )  ...

    If one or more function names are specified,
    the named function(s) will be copied,
    first by section then lowest priority first,
    from the master function scripts.
    Available functions are defined in \c\perl\function.

    Currently available master functions (p#=priority) include:
      p0:
        getargs    test argument count and show usage message
        getopts    parse command line arguments for -xx strings
      p1:
        envvar     Expand an evironment variable in the form {VAR}
        uspto      Extract 'uspto'-related user variable definitions
        uspto2     A new hash-based implementation of uspto
        uservars   Create user variable hash %uservars
        log10      Return the base 10 logarithm of a number
        curdir     Get the current working directory name
      p2:
        pi         use the arctan function for useful multiples of pi
        time       Various routines for dealing with date/time
        usetime    More time demos and applications
        defext     Add a default extension to a given path/file name
        defext2    Like defext, but includes the forceext function
        fread      Open a file for reading
        fwrite     Open a file for writing
        readdir    Open a directory for reading
        readsrf    Read an SRF file, saving field values in a 2D array
        psstuff    The full Postscript pkg (for direct PS printing)
        ps_usefmt  Include the Postscript pkg (using (pagefmt) run)
        pause      Pause and continue or exit
      p3:
        strpack    Convert between char strings and index lists
        cmdline    A simple console-interactive command loop

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