The following snippet steals the regular C-x C-s to automatically perltidy as well. I added a different definition for perltidy-whole-buffer so that the input point is restored to be somewhere near where it was originally. I also added a check to see if the buffer has been modifed before calling out to perltidy.

(add-to-list 'cperl-mode-hook (lambda () (substitute-key-definition 's
+ave-buffer 'cperl-save-buffer cperl-mode-map global-map)))

(defun cperl-save-buffer (&optional args)
  (interactive "p")
  (if (buffer-modified-p)
      (perltidy-buffer))
  (save-buffer t))
(defun perltidy-buffer ()
  (interactive)
  (let ((orig-point (point)))
    (shell-command-on-region
     (point-min) (point-max)
     "perltidy -st" nil t shell-command-default-error-buffer)
    (goto-char (if (<= orig-point (point-max))
           orig-point
         (point-max)))))

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In reply to Re^2: Desparately seeking a bilingual vim/Emacs expert by diotalevi
in thread Desparately seeking a bilingual vim/Emacs expert by TheDamian

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