Hi There

So, this isn't about Perl but it is about Perl help, and the answer doesn't appear to be anywhere Google knows about.

The question is this: how do I get perldoc to work on the Mac with Textmate?

It works OK in the terminal window. Perldoc is in /opt/local/bin. So is Perltidy, which I got to work in Textmate by adding that location to Textmate's list of paths. But all I can get from perldoc is "perl version 5.12.3 can't run /usr/bin/perldoc." Bummer. Seems like if it can find perltidy, it should notice perldoc nearby :-) The bundle items that are supposed to show help on a a selected word (which rely on perldoc and pod2html) don't work, either.

thanks

Bruce

In reply to perldoc from Textmate Perl bundle by bmckenzie

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