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author | Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org> | 2000-03-03 18:58:45 +0000 |
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committer | Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org> | 2000-03-03 18:58:45 +0000 |
commit | c47ff5f1a1ef5d0daccf1724400a446cd8e93573 (patch) | |
tree | 8a136c0e449ebac6ea6e35898b5ae06788800c41 /pod/perlfaq9.pod | |
parent | 10c8fecdc2f0a2ef9c548abff5961fa25cd83eca (diff) | |
download | perl-c47ff5f1a1ef5d0daccf1724400a446cd8e93573.tar.gz |
whitespace and readabiliti nits in the pods (from Michael G Schwern
and Robin Barker)
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5493
Diffstat (limited to 'pod/perlfaq9.pod')
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perlfaq9.pod b/pod/perlfaq9.pod index d2f2034e1b..16a803c997 100644 --- a/pod/perlfaq9.pod +++ b/pod/perlfaq9.pod @@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ way is to use HTML::FormatText which not only removes HTML but also attempts to do a little simple formatting of the resulting plain text. Many folks attempt a simple-minded regular expression approach, like -C<s/E<lt>.*?E<gt>//g>, but that fails in many cases because the tags +C<< s/<.*?>//g >>, but that fails in many cases because the tags may continue over line breaks, they may contain quoted angle-brackets, or HTML comment may be present. Plus folks forget to convert entities, like C<<> for example. @@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ the same as the startform() method. =head2 How do I make a pop-up menu in HTML? -Use the B<E<lt>SELECTE<gt>> and B<E<lt>OPTIONE<gt>> tags. The CGI.pm +Use the B<< <SELECT> >> and B<< <OPTION> >> tags. The CGI.pm module (available from CPAN) supports this widget, as well as many others, including some that it cleverly synthesizes on its own. @@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ format after minor transliterations: =head2 How do I return the user's mail address? -On systems that support getpwuid, the $E<lt> variable and the +On systems that support getpwuid, the $< variable and the Sys::Hostname module (which is part of the standard perl distribution), you can probably try using something like this: |