Article 5836 of comp.lang.perl: Xref: feenix.metronet.com comp.lang.perl:5836 Path: feenix.metronet.com!news.utdallas.edu!wupost!usc!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.kei.com!dreams!composer From: composer@Beyond.Dreams.ORG (Jeff Kellem) Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl Subject: updated Texinfo edition (0.6) of Perl manual -- for ver. 4.036 Date: 13 Sep 93 18:12:08 Organization: Beyond Dreams Lines: 119 Message-ID: Reply-To: composer@Beyond.Dreams.ORG NNTP-Posting-Host: toy.dreams.org I've finally updated the Texinfo version of the Perl man page to match Perl version 4.036. The changes are minimal. The README for it is included below. As stated therein, it's available via anonymous ftp from: ftp.dreams.org in the /pub/perl-manual directory. Enjoy... -jeff Jeff Kellem Internet: composer@Beyond.Dreams.ORG ===CUT HERE=== README file for Texinfo manual for PERL -- Edition 0.6 (for perl version 4.0 patchlevel 36) ======================================================= Date: 13 September 1993 12:30pm EDT This is a DRAFT copy! Actually, this is just taken from the `Introduction' of the Texinfo version of the perl manual. Ok, so I'm lazy... ;-) This file will change in the future! The files included in the ftp.dreams.org:~ftp/pub/perl-manual directory are: README this file... ;-) [ All of the following files are compressed, of course. Don't forget to transfer in binary (image) mode. ] perl.info.Z Formatted Info Files perl.info-1.Z Formatted Info Files perl.info-2.Z Formatted Info Files perl.info-3.Z Formatted Info Files perl.info-4.Z Formatted Info Files perl.info-5.Z Formatted Info Files perl.info-6.Z Formatted Info Files perl.texinfo.Z Texinfo source texinfo.tex.Z Version 2.108 of the Texinfo macros [ only needed to create hardcopy ] [ The errata patches probably aren't that necessary. Just grab the actual info files; no formatting is needed. :-) The errata patches only patch perl.texinfo. ] errata-patch-0.5-0.6.Z diffs between edition 0.5 and 0.6 errata-patch-0.4-0.5.Z diffs between edition 0.4 and 0.5 errata-patch-0.3d-0.4.Z diffs between edition 0.3d and 0.4 errata-patch-0.3c-0.3d.Z diffs between edition 0.3c and 0.3d errata-patch-0.3b-0.3c.Z diffs between edition 0.3b and 0.3c errata-patch-0.3a-0.3b.Z diffs between edition 0.3a and 0.3b errata-patch-0.3-0.3a.Z diffs between edition 0.3 and 0.3a To install the formatted info files in your emacs info tree, move the `perl-info*' files to your Info-directory (possibly `/usr/gnu/info', `/usr/local/emacs/info' or something along those lines). Then add a line similar to the following to the file `Info-directory/dir'. * Perl: (perl.info). DRAFT of PERL manual (in Texinfo, of course ;-). Description *********** This Texinfo manual describes PERL, the Practical Extraction and Report Language. The manual is, currently, mainly a conversion of Larry Wall's original unix-style man page into Texinfo format. In the future, new sections will be added, such as tutorial sections and more examples. The Texinfo version of the perl manual is maintained and distributed by Jeff Kellem. His electronic mail address is composer@Beyond.Dreams.ORG. There is a mailing list for discussion of the Texinfo version of the perl manual and a mailing address for reporting bugs in this version of the manual. They are: *Mailing Address* *What The Address Is For* perl-manual-request@Beyond.Dreams.ORG administrivia (add/drop requests) perl-manual@Beyond.Dreams.ORG discussion of the Texinfo perl manual bug-perl-manual@Beyond.Dreams.ORG reporting bugs in the perl manual If you would like to join the discussion of the perl manual, send a note to perl-manual-request@Beyond.Dreams.ORG The latest edition of the Texinfo version of the Perl manual is available via anonymous ftp from: ftp.dreams.org in the /pub/perl-manual directory. Note ==== I still consider this manual incomplete; I hope to add more sections such as tutorials, etc. With your suggestions and bug reports, this manual will continue to get better and better and (hopefully) make learning perl easier. Thanks! Enjoy... :-) -jeff Jeff Kellem Internet: composer@Beyond.Dreams.ORG