Search your perl documentation w/ perldoc-search

brian_d_foy on 2009-06-26T20:18:00

With the perldoc-search program, you can easily search all your perl documentation to find where that elusive "add_build_element" method is documented.

When I say this:

perldoc-search add_build_element

I get this:

perltoc - perl documentation table of contents Module::Build::API - API Reference for Module Authors Module::Build::Cookbook - Examples of Module::Build Usage

Yay

kwilliams on 2009-06-27T19:49:23

I'm glad you chose M::B as an example of usage - it is indeed annoying sometimes to figure out which POD file to look in for what you need.

Re:Yay

jjore on 2009-06-28T00:25:40

Well... for truth, I wrote this program just to make it easy to find that one method. I could have grepped too, I know. This time I didn't.

fulltext index through Pod::POM::Web::Indexer

dami on 2009-06-29T06:51:23

For info, Pod::POM::Web is a documentation viewer with an optional fulltext indexing module. You get a result like this :

Fulltext search for 'add_build_element'
Results 1 to 3 from 3

source Module/Build/Cookbook (2215) Module::Build::Cookbook - Examples of Module::Build Usage
...her stuff here... ); $build->add_build_element('dat'); $build->create_build_scr.../...her stuff here... ); $build->add_build_element('dat'); $build->create_build_scr.../...her stuff here... ); $build->add_build_element('dat'); $build->create_build_scr...

source Module/Build/Base (738) Module::Build::Base - Default methods for Module::Build
...nfigData->feature(@_); } } sub add_build_element { my ($self, $elem) = @_; ...

source Module/Build/API (738) Module::Build::API - API Reference for Module Authors
...k =head2 METHODS =over 4 =item add_build_element($type) [version 0.26] Adds a new...

Results 1 to 3 from 3

perlindex

srezic on 2009-06-29T21:11:21

perlindex (part of the Text-English distribution) is also capable of doing fulltext searches:

$ perlindex add_build_element
1 0.239 lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/Module/Build/Cookbook.pm
2 0.057 lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/Module/Build/API.pod

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Re:perlindex

educated_foo on 2009-06-30T00:02:16

That's super-useful, and at least 13 years old. I can't believe I haven't found it yet. Thanks for the pointer.