Re: PERL Editors

Kayla Block wrote:
>I would be interested in knowing what PERL Editors are currently being
>used by subscribers to this list and how they are used.

I notice no one has mentioned ViM which is a very good vi clone that
will run on just about every machine around.  The advantage to it over
some other editors is that it can be built with Perl.  That is, Perl
can then also be used as a macro language inside the editor.  Another
vi can also do this, nvi or 'new' vi.

Now I happen to find vi and vi clones to be the about the most
powerful text editors around (discounting emacs which is a great
editor but goes so far beyond text editing that it's hard for me to
think of it as an editor), but many people find it hard to use because
it is a mode editor and not modeless like most DOS/Win/Mac editors.

> > >Also, how fluent in PERL does one have to be to successfully use one of
> > >these editors?

As other's have said, it's a 'real' programming language. While CGI
programming seems like something that is 'easy', it is very possible
to open security breaches and the like, so one ought to be aware of
what one is doing.

I also agree that http://www.perl.com is the place to start. There are
a ton of absolutely horrible scripts floating around the web and lots
of people use them. Start at www.perl.com and you'll be able to tell
the best from the rest. :-)

> 		     Validators.

Always call perl with the -w option and 'use strict' and it will
validate itself. :-) 

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rfh harrison(at)pixi.com

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