I don't know if it's even worth asking...

cperl-mode in emacs supports querying the symbol or function under cursor within gnu-info-files of perl. They are displayed within the internal info-reader. (actually the gnu-info-reader is nothing else than emacs light, just type "info")

You can find these commands in the menu "perl -> perl doc -> Help on ..."

The problem is to only get "info file perl does not exist"

hmm googling delivers an old cpan version of perl 5.6 info file and nothing newerą.

I'm sure I could try to translate it on my own from POD, but the questions are

  1. does it worth it to use info, if I can run interactively perldoc from within cperl-mode?
  2. If not, why the hack does cperl-mode still support info files for perl, cluttering the menues?

Cheers Rolf

FOOTNOTES: (1) Found this ftp-dir also reflecting the version from 2001! ... just tried to configuere the path to these files within emacs , without success...

In reply to [emacs] perl info file by LanX

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