Well this is a shortcut I use all the time, to setup a Perl script. I use midnight commander for almost all my work, and it has a "template menu" which you can invoke in the editor to add template code. This one lets you "touch filename" ( I have touch bash-aliased to just 't' :-) ), then hit F4 to edit the empty new file, then F11 to get a selection of templates. Then hit 'p' to insert the basic perl template.

In /usr/share/mc/cedit.menu 

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p       #!/usr/bin/perl
        echo "#!/usr/bin/perl
              use warnings;
              use strict;

              " >%b

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I also have extended it to make a basic gtk2 app with the 'h' key 
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h       #!/usr/bin/perl
        echo "#!/usr/bin/perl
              use warnings;
              use strict;
              use Glib qw/TRUE FALSE/;
              use Gtk2 '-init';

              my \$window = Gtk2::Window->new('toplevel');
              \$window->set_title('Z');
              \$window ->signal_connect( 'destroy' => \\&delete_event 
+);
              \$window->set_border_width(10);
              \$window->set_size_request(300,200);

              my \$vbox = Gtk2::VBox->new( FALSE, 6 );
              \$window->add(\$vbox);
              \$vbox->set_border_width(2);

              my \$hbox= Gtk2::HBox->new( FALSE, 6 );
              \$vbox->pack_end(\$hbox,FALSE,FALSE,0);
              \$hbox->set_border_width(2);

              my \$frame0 = Gtk2::Frame->new('Controls');
              \$vbox->pack_end( \$frame0, FALSE, FALSE, 0 );
              \$frame0->set_border_width(3);

              \$vbox->pack_end (Gtk2::HSeparator->new, FALSE, FALSE, 0
+);

              my \$hbox0 = Gtk2::HBox->new( FALSE, 6 );
              \$frame0->add(\$hbox0);
              \$hbox0->set_border_width(3);

              my \$button = Gtk2::Button->new_from_stock('gtk-quit');
              \$hbox0->pack_end( \$button, FALSE, FALSE, 0 );
              \$button->signal_connect( clicked => \\&delete_event );

              \$window->show_all();
              Gtk2->main;
              #####################################
              sub delete_event {
                 Gtk2->main_quit;
                 return FALSE;
                 }  " >%b

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I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. flash japh

In reply to Re: Contribute a hack to the new "Perl Hacks" book by zentara
in thread Contribute a hack to the new "Perl Hacks" book by Ovid

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