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Hi, After studying harder and getting my brain around complex data structures I am off charging (well, relatively so) thru the new Catalyst book, putting in the examples and getting them to work and understanding how they work. Now: Please tell me that i have this right perl file outline: appropriate #! start stuff perl code .......... even more perl code .......... end of perl code =head1 HEADING pod comments more pod comments =cut ever so much more perl code .......... even more ever so much more perl code .......... end of ever so much more perl code 1; __END__ =head1 HEADING final pod comments more final pod comments =cut The __END__ token signifies to the parser that there is definitely no more perl code past that point only, in this case, pod stuff The perl syntax highlighting in gedit stops at the __END__ token, that is to say that past that point =head1 & =cut do not have the benefit of the editor syntax highlighting. Does this happen with all other editors? (I know it does in gVim as well). I just wondered where the highlighting went to, it usually gives in when you have something wrong, not when you have it right for once. It's sort of logical, and sort of not. Either the editor is going to supply highlighting or it isn't. Only if I put the __END__ token at the _very_ end of the file, past the final =cut, is the highlighting of the pod elements restored, but this sort of negates the purpose of the __END__ token (presumably to mark the end of code to be parsed and thus save time normally spent parsing non-code pod stuff. Does any one take issue with the putting of the __END__ token right after the 1; and forget about the highlighting of the final batch of pod stuff? Are some other editors better behaved? ps. just doing small stuff I stick with gedit, but am investigating vim just in case. Thanks Anne _______________________________________________ Za-pm mailing list Za-pm@pm.org http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/za-pm posts also archived on Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/za-pm@pm.org/
