This is nice, ++.

One minor note: Under Unix if you don't require a specific perl binary or a specific script path and would like to have emacs just locate them in your PATH, just make them executable and add a shebang to them. You can then run them with a reduced version like this... 

;; Wrap perl scripts with emacs
(defmacro perl-script (name
                       description
                       executable)
  `(defun ,name ()
     ,description
     (interactive)
     (let ((buf (generate-new-buffer ,(symbol-name name))))
       (shell-command ,executable buf)
       buf)))

[download]
... in order to get rid of the two path globals. This isn't much different than using M-x shell-command directly, but it does give you an easy way to use a unique buffer with a useful name.

In reply to Re: Wrap perl scripts in emacs by bluto
in thread Wrap perl scripts in emacs by diotalevi

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.