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authorJoseph S. Myers <jsm28@hermes.cam.ac.uk>1996-09-20 15:08:33 +0100
committerAndy Dougherty <doughera@lafcol.lafayette.edu>1996-09-20 15:08:33 +0100
commit1fef88e72b0b21420614d87ecab0aaedf3725271 (patch)
tree12e4d27d75a69c3c3bfe2e5be19ce1298d39af74 /pod/perlform.pod
parent3c8c04f28a9e6693f95217cf81ec5f2cdb2bb4d2 (diff)
downloadperl-1fef88e72b0b21420614d87ecab0aaedf3725271.tar.gz
Pod typos, pod2man bugs, and miscellaneous installation comments
Here is a patch for various typos and other defects in the Perl 5.003_05 pods, including the pods embedded in library modules.
Diffstat (limited to 'pod/perlform.pod')
-rw-r--r--pod/perlform.pod16
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perlform.pod b/pod/perlform.pod
index 8c840d4cc2..a9ce4a7876 100644
--- a/pod/perlform.pod
+++ b/pod/perlform.pod
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ with either "@" (at) or "^" (caret). These lines do not undergo any kind
of variable interpolation. The at field (not to be confused with the array
marker @) is the normal kind of field; the other kind, caret fields, are used
to do rudimentary multi-line text block filling. The length of the field
-is supplied by padding out the field with multiple "<", ">", or "|"
+is supplied by padding out the field with multiple "E<lt>", "E<gt>", or "|"
characters to specify, respectively, left justification, right
justification, or centering. If the variable would exceed the width
specified, it is truncated.
@@ -147,18 +147,18 @@ Examples:
.
It is possible to intermix print()s with write()s on the same output
-channel, but you'll have to handle $- ($FORMAT_LINES_LEFT)
+channel, but you'll have to handle C<$-> (C<$FORMAT_LINES_LEFT>)
yourself.
=head2 Format Variables
-The current format name is stored in the variable C<$~> ($FORMAT_NAME),
-and the current top of form format name is in C<$^> ($FORMAT_TOP_NAME).
-The current output page number is stored in C<$%> ($FORMAT_PAGE_NUMBER),
-and the number of lines on the page is in C<$=> ($FORMAT_LINES_PER_PAGE).
+The current format name is stored in the variable C<$~> (C<$FORMAT_NAME>),
+and the current top of form format name is in C<$^> (C<$FORMAT_TOP_NAME>).
+The current output page number is stored in C<$%> (C<$FORMAT_PAGE_NUMBER>),
+and the number of lines on the page is in C<$=> (C<$FORMAT_LINES_PER_PAGE>).
Whether to autoflush output on this handle is stored in C<$|>
-($OUTPUT_AUTOFLUSH). The string output before each top of page (except
-the first) is stored in C<$^L> ($FORMAT_FORMFEED). These variables are
+(C<$OUTPUT_AUTOFLUSH>). The string output before each top of page (except
+the first) is stored in C<$^L> (C<$FORMAT_FORMFEED>). These variables are
set on a per-filehandle basis, so you'll need to select() into a different
one to affect them: