Change 14609 by jhi@alpha on 2002/02/08 21:33:59
FAQ sync.
Affected files ...
..... //depot/perl/pod/perlfaq2.pod#50 edit
..... //depot/perl/pod/perlfaq3.pod#56 edit
..... //depot/perl/pod/perlfaq4.pod#66 edit
Differences ...
==== //depot/perl/pod/perlfaq2.pod#50 (text) ====
Index: perl/pod/perlfaq2.pod
--- perl/pod/perlfaq2.pod.~1~ Fri Feb 8 14:45:06 2002
+++ perl/pod/perlfaq2.pod Fri Feb 8 14:45:06 2002
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
=head1 NAME
-perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.6 $, $Date: 2002/01/25
21:22:22 $)
+perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.8 $, $Date: 2002/02/08
+22:31:57 $)
=head1 DESCRIPTION
@@ -183,10 +183,10 @@
comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi Writing CGI scripts for the Web.
-There is also Usenet gateway to the mailing list used by the crack
-Perl development team (perl5-porters) at
-nntp://nntp.perl.org/perl.perl5.porters or its web interface at
-http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters .
+There is also Usenet gateway to Perl mailing lists sponsored by perl.org at
+nntp://nntp.perl.org, or a web interface to the same lists at
+http://nntp.perl.org/group/. Other groups are listed at
+http://lists.perl.org.
=head2 Where should I post source code?
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@
The Google search engine now carries archived and searchable newsgroup
content.
-http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&group=comp.lang.perl.misc
+http://groups.google.com/groups?group=comp.lang.perl.misc
If you have a question, you can be sure someone has already asked the
same question at some point on c.l.p.m. It requires some time and patience
==== //depot/perl/pod/perlfaq3.pod#56 (text) ====
Index: perl/pod/perlfaq3.pod
--- perl/pod/perlfaq3.pod.~1~ Fri Feb 8 14:45:06 2002
+++ perl/pod/perlfaq3.pod Fri Feb 8 14:45:06 2002
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
=head1 NAME
-perlfaq3 - Programming Tools ($Revision: 1.12 $, $Date: 2002/01/28 04:17:26 $)
+perlfaq3 - Programming Tools ($Revision: 1.13 $, $Date: 2002/02/08 22:32:47 $)
=head1 DESCRIPTION
@@ -123,9 +123,8 @@
=head2 How do I cross-reference my Perl programs?
-The B::Xref module, shipped with the new, alpha-release Perl compiler
-(not the general distribution prior to the 5.005 release), can be used
-to generate cross-reference reports for Perl programs.
+The B::Xref module can be used to generate cross-reference reports
+for Perl programs.
perl -MO=Xref[,OPTIONS] scriptname.plx
@@ -895,8 +894,7 @@
fail, see L<perlbug> and send a bug report with the output of
C<make test TEST_VERBOSE=1> along with C<perl -V>.
-=head2 When I tried to run my script, I got this message. What does it
-mean?
+=head2 When I tried to run my script, I got this message. What does it mean?
A complete list of Perl's error messages and warnings with explanatory
text can be found in L<perldiag>. You can also use the splain program
==== //depot/perl/pod/perlfaq4.pod#66 (text) ====
Index: perl/pod/perlfaq4.pod
--- perl/pod/perlfaq4.pod.~1~ Fri Feb 8 14:45:06 2002
+++ perl/pod/perlfaq4.pod Fri Feb 8 14:45:06 2002
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
=head1 NAME
-perlfaq4 - Data Manipulation ($Revision: 1.13 $, $Date: 2002/01/31 04:27:54 $)
+perlfaq4 - Data Manipulation ($Revision: 1.14 $, $Date: 2002/02/08 22:30:23 $)
=head1 DESCRIPTION
@@ -975,7 +975,7 @@
would deliver us. You are a liar, Saruman, and a corrupter
of men's hearts. --Theoden in /usr/src/perl/taint.c
FINIS
- $quote =~ s/\s*--/\n--/;
+ $quote =~ s/\s+--/\n--/;
A nice general-purpose fixer-upper function for indented here documents
follows. It expects to be called with a here document as its argument.
End of Patch.
