my $xpm = qq{
        :/* XPM */
        :static char *xpm[] = $lb
        :"$w $h $nsyms 1",
    };

    # Fill in XPM color symbols
    foreach my $key (keys %$h_xpm) {
        my $line = sprintf "%s c %s", $key, $h_xpm->{$key};
        $xpm .= qq{\n\t\t:"$line",};
    }
    $xpm =~ s/(^\s+:)|((?<=\n)\s+:)|(\s+$)//g;

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Why add the leading whitespace and colon when you are just going to remove them anyway?

And the substitution would be more efficient as: 

    $xpm =~ s/^\s+://mg;
    $xpm =~ s/\s+$//;

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Or at least don't use unneeded capturing parentheses: 

    $xpm =~ s/(?:^\s+:)|(?:(?<=\n)\s+:)|(?:\s+$)//g;

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In reply to Re: SoundOff Program (eg. for Pandora Radio) by jwkrahn
in thread SoundOff Program (eg. for Pandora Radio) by liverpole

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