CGI.pm manual?

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Re: CGI.pm manual? by ww (Archbishop) on Apr 11, 2011 at 22:50 UTC
My copy is a bit dated and NOT solely a reference work, but it sounds as though it should serve (the 'arguments' section of the index runs a page and a half): ISBN 0471247448, Official Guide to Programming with CGI.pm, Lincoln Stein, John Wiley & Sons. Last I knew, clean new or like new copies were selling at "remaindering" prices.	[reply]
Re^2: CGI.pm manual? by dwalin (Monk) on Apr 12, 2011 at 18:12 UTC
Thanks, that sounds more like it. I guess I'll go hunting for the book. :) Regards, Alex.	[reply]
Re: CGI.pm manual? by FunkyMonk (Bishop) on Apr 11, 2011 at 19:03 UTC
You mean like CGI? update: Standard Perl documentation is available at perldoc.perl.org, or from the command line using (for example) `perldoc CGI`. For modules that you've installed from CPAN, you can use `perldoc Some::Module`, or search.cpan.org.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: CGI.pm manual? by dwalin (Monk) on Apr 11, 2011 at 19:10 UTC
No, I mean something like DBI, but for CGI. A manual, not tutorial. Something I could consult when I forget which parameters a method takes, not sift through looking for clues and how-tos. A manual. I got a nagging feeling that I've seen it somewhere when I first encountered Perl, but it was long ago and I just don't remember. Regards, Alex.	[reply]
Re^3: CGI.pm manual? by FunkyMonk (Bishop) on Apr 11, 2011 at 20:27 UTC
Ah, I see what you mean now. It's been a long time since looked at CGI too :(	[reply]
Re: CGI.pm manual? by luis.roca (Deacon) on Apr 14, 2011 at 18:20 UTC
Not sure if you're still looking but the closest I could find to a spec/manual was in perlfaq9 : RFC Memo on 'The Common Gateway Interface (CGI) Version 1.1' from 2004. "...the adversities born of well-placed thoughts should be considered mercies rather than misfortunes." — Don Quixote	[reply]
Re^2: CGI.pm manual? by Anonymous Monk on Apr 14, 2011 at 19:09 UTC
CGI.pm is module, there is no official manual, other than the documentation , which as OP states is a tutorial, and the source Ok, there is a book of some sort, but, the source code is fairly self-documenting, and the tutorial is thorough :)	[reply]