Search your perl documentation w/ perldoc-search

jjore on 2009-06-26T17:37:28

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

Now I know where to find documentation and examples of this method. Anyone who wants to extend this, it is available in github at http://github.com/jbenjore/App-Perldoc-Search/tree/master> and CPAN at .
I wrote this on the flight back from YAPC10. Just landed in Seattle.

Update: Aaaannnd, it appears Mike Schilli already wrote something similar. Somehow I missed it when I looked before. Dunno how, Perldoc::Search is such an easy name to find: .