[za-pm] perl highlight mode in gedit & Vim

[Anne Wainwright]

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