composer@chem.bu.edu (Jeff Kellem) (10/30/90)
Archive-name: perl-manual/29-Oct-90 Original-posting-by: composer@chem.bu.edu (Jeff Kellem) Original-subject: new edition (0.3b) of Texinfo version of the perl manual available Archive-site: chem.bu.edu [128.197.30.18] Archive-directory: /pub/perl-manual Reposted-by: emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti) A new edition of the Texinfo version of the PERL manual is available which includes recent additions to PERL as of version 3.0 patchlevel 37. There is a patch, errata-patch-0.3a-0.3b.Z, to bring the Texinfo source from edition 0.3a to the current 0.3b. New pre-formatted info files are also included. As a reminder, the Texinfo version of the perl manual can be obtained via anonymous ftp in the chem.bu.edu:/pub/perl-manual directory. Hope you enjoy the Texinfo version of the perl manual! Cheers... -jeff Jeff Kellem Internet: composer@chem.bu.edu p.s. For those that never saw the original announcement 2 months ago, here's the README file for the Texinfo version of the perl manual. ===CUT HERE===README=== README file for Texinfo manual for PERL -- Edition 0.3b (for perl version 3.0 patchlevel 37) ======================================================= Date: 29 October 1990 3:45pm 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 chem.bu.edu:~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.texinfo.Z Texinfo source [ The errata patches probably aren't that necessary. Just grab the actual info files; no formatting is needed. :-) ] errata-patch-0.3-0.3a.Z diffs between edition 0.3 and 0.3a errata-patch-0.3a-0.3b.Z diffs between edition 0.3a and 0.3b 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@chem.bu.edu. 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@chem.bu.edu administrivia (add/drop requests) perl-manual@chem.bu.edu discussion of the Texinfo perl manual bug-perl-manual@chem.bu.edu 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@chem.bu.edu 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@chem.bu.edu