indent for Perl?

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Re: indent for Perl? by pc88mxer (Vicar) on Jul 03, 2008 at 22:51 UTC
Check out Perl::Tidy. You can also integrate it into `vim` and `emacs` to have it reformat the current buffer or selected region. For `emacs` integration, see EmacsWiki: CPerlMode	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: indent for Perl? by andreas1234567 (Vicar) on Jul 04, 2008 at 04:52 UTC
I use emacs with cperl-mode and perltidy. I've added the following to my `.emacs` file: `(defun perltidy () "Run perltidy on the current region or buffer." (interactive) (save-excursion (unless mark-active (mark-defun)) (shell-command-on-region (point) (mark) "perltidy --profile=/home/ +foo/.perltidyrc -q" nil t))) (global-set-key [(f5)] 'perltidy)` [download] Then I simply mark a region and press F5 to indent it nicely (according to my settings in the `/home/foo/.perltidyrc` file. -- No matter how great and destructive your problems may seem now, remember, you've probably only seen the tip of them. [1]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: indent for Perl? by talexb (Chancellor) on Jul 04, 2008 at 18:56 UTC
I use `gvim` which has syntax colouring and indenting for dozens of languages, including Perl. In addition, I run chunks of code (or sometimes the entire file) through `perltidy`. I prefer an initial indent of 4, with subsequent indents of 2, but I can live with `perltidy`'s default setting of 4+4. Alex / talexb / Toronto "Groklaw is the open-source mentality applied to legal research" ~ Linus Torvalds	[reply] [d/l] [select]