A couple of recent threads have bemoaned the fact that Perl doesn't run on the PalmOS (yet). It may be small consolation, but I just wanted to make sure that everyone knew that at least the perldocs are available in PalmDoc and TealDoc format here. I just realized they were there today, and since it struck me as non-obvious, I thought I'd pass it along.

I'm actually pretty thrilled that I'll be able to read the perldocs in meetings and still look like I'm diligently taking notes.

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Re: Palm perldocs
by extremely (Priest) on Apr 05, 2001 at 02:34 UTC
    Ooo, that is much nicer than the nasty hack I did to get some of them on my Handspring. Every day, perl makes it a little easier to pretend to work. =)

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Re: Palm perldocs
by rchiav (Deacon) on Apr 05, 2001 at 03:21 UTC
    Thanks for the link. I've been looking for palm ready perl docs for a while and I just never thought to look on CPAN. Question for everyone: Would anyone be interested in TealInfo type docs for function quick refrences.. and then maybe module quick refrences? I've been working on a little app to format standadardized TealInfo docs and my fist runthrough was going to be a Perl function list.

    A show of hands would be helpful to know how usefull people would think this was..

    Rich

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Re: Palm perldocs
by Beatnik (Parson) on Apr 05, 2001 at 16:31 UTC
    Actually, you could've converted em yourself... More on it, here, here, here and at your local Palm App archives :)

    Greetz
    Beatnik
    ... Quidquid perl dictum sit, altum viditur.
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Re: Palm perldocs
by Segfault (Scribe) on Apr 05, 2001 at 11:07 UTC
    Now if somebody would just give us a Palm version of Perl itself... I've got portable C, BASIC, and hell even Python, but not the Swiss Army Chainsaw language that I love. :-)
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Re: Palm perldocs
by r.joseph (Hermit) on Apr 06, 2001 at 03:55 UTC
    Although I am still waiting for some sort of Perl to be made availble for my Palm so that I can have something to experiment on while sitting in those loooong, _boring_ classes, I agree with d4vis: atleast I can learn more about Perl while _pretending_ to take notes! :)

    Thanks d4vis!

    r. j o s e p h
    "Violence is a last resort of the incompetent" - Salvor Hardin, Foundation by Issac Asimov
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