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Postings from March 2000
># Replace man with a perl program > >Tom has done something about this, I think, but IIRC Larry >wasn't in favour. Should it be taken off perltodo? > >Reorganising perldoc: ># Include a search tool > >The idea is that all there's an index to all the POD pages by >keyword, (presumably autogenerated from individual pages) and >we can look stuff up by keyword. Has this found favour? > ># Include a locate tool > >I have this, but it's not integrated into perldoc. If people >want, I'll combine it in. I think these all fall under the general idea of "replace perldoc by a man(1)-like suite". I've sketched out some specs, and actually have it on my to-do list. Awaiting a delivery of tuits before I commence coding, though... =============================================== Mark Leighton Fisher fisherm@tce.com Thomson Consumer Electronics Indianapolis IN "Display some adaptability." -- Doug Shaftoe, _Cryptonomicon_