[Chicago-talk] perl question

elite elite fasteliteprogrammer at yahoo.com
Thu Mar 8 17:28:54 PST 2007


I got it to work:)










--- Kent Cowgill <kent at c2group.net> wrote:

> There's always the documentation on the page you
> visited to download  
> the file.
> 
> Here, I'll copy it into this email for your
> convenience.
> 
> ---
> Copy the zip archive  perl-support.zip to
> $HOME/.vim/ or $VIM/vimfiles
> (on the Windows platforms) and run
>        unzip perl-support.zip
> If you have already an older version of perl-support
> and you have  
> modified the
> template files you may want to save your templates
> first or copy the  
> files from the
> archive by hand. See also the README file within the
> zip file.
> ---
> 
> Beyond that, everything you'll need to know is
> either in that README  
> file, or in other documentation that you'll be able
> to find ... on  
> your own.
> 
> 
> 
> -Kent Cowgill
> 
> C2 Group, Inc.                                      
>       
> kent at c2group.net
> http://www.c2group.net                              
>           
> 312.804.0160
> 
> 
> On Mar 8, 2007, at 6:08 PM, elite elite wrote:
> 
> > I unzip it and now i not sure what to do with this
> > plugin?
> >
> >
> > i am useing gvim
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> wrote:
> >
> >> There's always the perl-support plugin:
> >>
> >>
> http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=556
> >>
> >> It's very nice.  You'll need to do some reading
> to
> >> take advantage of
> >> all its' features, but it has support for
> perltidy,
> >> Perl::Critic (if
> >> memory serves), perl documentation, file
> templates,
> >> etc.
> >>
> >> If you're already fairly handy with vim, you
> >> shouldn't have any
> >> problems getting it setup and running.
> >>
> >> -Kent Cowgill
> >>
> >> C2 Group, Inc.
> >>
> >> kent at c2group.net
> >> http://www.c2group.net
> >>
> >> 312.804.0160
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mar 8, 2007, at 2:07 PM, elite elite wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I been readng about perl programming and learn
> >> perl so
> >>>  far.Only prob that i have is that all i have is
> >> linux
> >>> on my laptops but no window os.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Fun part is learning how to hack with perl:)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Are there any good plugin for vim that can be
> use
> >> with
> >>> perl?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Craig
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I think the poor guys brain is going to pop
> with
> >>>> that one ;-)
> >>>>
> >>>> But yes, it is difficult to write a single perl
> >>>> program and have it
> >>>> truly cross platform.
> >>>>
> >>>> I think the best way to get started is reading
> >> the
> >>>> various books people
> >>>> have mentioned and getting a windows box loaded
> >> with
> >>>> Active State's perl
> >>>> and a linux box and start hacking.
> >>>>
> >>>> I learned perl by coding, as I think most
> people
> >>>> did, so I always
> >>>> advocate jumping right in and giving it a try.
> >>>>
> >>>> One of the many things I love about perl is
> that
> >> you
> >>>> dont have to
> >>>> compile it and you can test every little change
> >>>> right as you are making
> >>>> it.  Really friendly to rapid learning and
> >>>> development.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Steven Lembark wrote:
> >>>>>> But the key is you don't have to compile it
> to
> >>>> run it on Linux.  I
> >>>>>> think the original poster doesn't realize
> that
> >>>> you don't have to
> >>>>>> compile it.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Actually, Perl is a compiled language: always
> >> has
> >>>> been.
> >>>>> The perl executable performs the compile
> >>>> automatically
> >>>>> as part of running the code (sort of like gcc
> >>>> calling
> >>>>> the assembler for you to create object files).
> >>>> That
> >>>>> provides the portability between systems
> (source
> >>>> is the
> >>>>> only thing that has to be moved). It's also
> why
> >>>> calling
> >>>>> Perl an "interpreter" is incorrect: the
> >> execution
> >>>>> engine doesn't have to re-interpret the source
> >> as,
> >>>> say,
> >>>>> a shell program would be.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Beyond the code itself, however, many functins
> >>>> within
> >>>>> Perl are rather specific to *NIX. The password
> >> and
> >>>>> group lookups return a gecos filed, for
> example,
> >>>> that
> >>>>> has nada to do with msdog or VMS.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The O'Reilly perl for SysAdmins book gives a
> >> good
> >>>>> look at writing cross-platform coding (e.g.,
> >> using
> >>>>> File::Spec instead of join '/', @dirz,
> >> $basename).
> 
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