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Quick usability enhancement to perldoc.pod

From:
Matthew Horsfall
Date:
July 31, 2011 23:44
Subject:
Quick usability enhancement to perldoc.pod
Message ID:
CAJ0K8bi+Jpm6z9ajR5CR1K60qAOZeuQAYss8eWF5heVZTazSRQ@mail.gmail.com
Hello,

I believe the following minor change may help new users / browsers of
perlfaq.pod make better use of the perlfaq:

mhorsfall@Fireforge:~/my-perl$ git show
commit 15e42d2617514e42a0c1e082d6d9b5175c52b5f5
Author: Matthew Horsfall <wolfsage@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun Jul 31 20:18:57 2011 -0400

    Add quick note to perlfaq main page about searching the perlfaq

diff --git a/pod/perlfaq.pod b/pod/perlfaq.pod
index 9ca88c8..61b8f3b 100644
--- a/pod/perlfaq.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfaq.pod
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ that lets you read the L<perlfaq>:

        $ perldoc perlfaq

+or search the L<perlfaq> question headings:
+
+       $ perldoc -q open
+
+See C<perldoc> for more information.
+
 Besides your local system, you can find the perlfaq on the web, including
 at http://perldoc.perl.org/ .

The patch can be found at:
https://github.com/wolfsage/perl/commit/15e42d2617514e42a0c1e082d6d9b5175c52b5f5

Thanks for your consideration,

-- Matthew Horsfall (alh)




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