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authorJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>2002-02-08 21:33:59 +0000
committerJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>2002-02-08 21:33:59 +0000
commit83ded9ee47521e42aa903a8906202ae2516dedeb (patch)
treee1cc050756d82f19488ab739ad5f396a57096eb0 /pod
parent248c2a4db2b44950ecd8cee3a0e62f31984454b4 (diff)
downloadperl-83ded9ee47521e42aa903a8906202ae2516dedeb.tar.gz
FAQ sync.
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@14609
Diffstat (limited to 'pod')
-rw-r--r--pod/perlfaq2.pod12
-rw-r--r--pod/perlfaq3.pod10
-rw-r--r--pod/perlfaq4.pod4
3 files changed, 12 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perlfaq2.pod b/pod/perlfaq2.pod
index 9d2fa0c02f..da70187acd 100644
--- a/pod/perlfaq2.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfaq2.pod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
=head1 NAME
-perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.6 $, $Date: 2002/01/25 21:22:22 $)
+perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.8 $, $Date: 2002/02/08 22:31:57 $)
=head1 DESCRIPTION
@@ -183,10 +183,10 @@ following groups:
comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi Writing CGI scripts for the Web.
-There is also Usenet gateway to the mailing list used by the crack
-Perl development team (perl5-porters) at
-nntp://nntp.perl.org/perl.perl5.porters or its web interface at
-http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters .
+There is also Usenet gateway to Perl mailing lists sponsored by perl.org at
+nntp://nntp.perl.org, or a web interface to the same lists at
+http://nntp.perl.org/group/. Other groups are listed at
+http://lists.perl.org.
=head2 Where should I post source code?
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ subscription information.
The Google search engine now carries archived and searchable newsgroup
content.
-http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&group=comp.lang.perl.misc
+http://groups.google.com/groups?group=comp.lang.perl.misc
If you have a question, you can be sure someone has already asked the
same question at some point on c.l.p.m. It requires some time and patience
diff --git a/pod/perlfaq3.pod b/pod/perlfaq3.pod
index 012be9c12a..9326a033f9 100644
--- a/pod/perlfaq3.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfaq3.pod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
=head1 NAME
-perlfaq3 - Programming Tools ($Revision: 1.12 $, $Date: 2002/01/28 04:17:26 $)
+perlfaq3 - Programming Tools ($Revision: 1.13 $, $Date: 2002/02/08 22:32:47 $)
=head1 DESCRIPTION
@@ -123,9 +123,8 @@ of contrasting algorithms.
=head2 How do I cross-reference my Perl programs?
-The B::Xref module, shipped with the new, alpha-release Perl compiler
-(not the general distribution prior to the 5.005 release), can be used
-to generate cross-reference reports for Perl programs.
+The B::Xref module can be used to generate cross-reference reports
+for Perl programs.
perl -MO=Xref[,OPTIONS] scriptname.plx
@@ -895,8 +894,7 @@ the tests pass, read the pods again and again and again. If they
fail, see L<perlbug> and send a bug report with the output of
C<make test TEST_VERBOSE=1> along with C<perl -V>.
-=head2 When I tried to run my script, I got this message. What does it
-mean?
+=head2 When I tried to run my script, I got this message. What does it mean?
A complete list of Perl's error messages and warnings with explanatory
text can be found in L<perldiag>. You can also use the splain program
diff --git a/pod/perlfaq4.pod b/pod/perlfaq4.pod
index 5d3e595f07..3b9cac69a3 100644
--- a/pod/perlfaq4.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfaq4.pod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
=head1 NAME
-perlfaq4 - Data Manipulation ($Revision: 1.13 $, $Date: 2002/01/31 04:27:54 $)
+perlfaq4 - Data Manipulation ($Revision: 1.14 $, $Date: 2002/02/08 22:30:23 $)
=head1 DESCRIPTION
@@ -975,7 +975,7 @@ in the indentation.
would deliver us. You are a liar, Saruman, and a corrupter
of men's hearts. --Theoden in /usr/src/perl/taint.c
FINIS
- $quote =~ s/\s*--/\n--/;
+ $quote =~ s/\s+--/\n--/;
A nice general-purpose fixer-upper function for indented here documents
follows. It expects to be called with a here document as its argument.