X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=pod%2Fperlfaq3.pod;h=34c4518ebc014cdd0e580da74859fbce2915e6d4;hb=c2611fb358d57faaf2390cf4e8c5224abf2c4cc4;hp=28e64ec5e256662ebec24b8ed42e43617c6b1bb6;hpb=65acb1b1d672587d3a0d073613a475584830e38e;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git diff --git a/pod/perlfaq3.pod b/pod/perlfaq3.pod index 28e64ec..34c4518 100644 --- a/pod/perlfaq3.pod +++ b/pod/perlfaq3.pod @@ -147,9 +147,16 @@ results are not particularly satisfying for sophisticated code. The a2ps at http://www.infres.enst.fr/~demaille/a2ps/ does lots of things related to generating nicely printed output of documents. -=head2 Is there a ctags for Perl? +=head2 Is there a etags/ctags for perl? -There's a simple one at +With respect to the source code for the Perl interpreter, yes. +There has been support for etags in the source for a long time. +Ctags was introduced in v5.005_54 (and probably 5.005_03). +After building perl, type 'make etags' or 'make ctags' and both +sets of tag files will be built. + +Now, if you're looking to build a tag file for perl code, then there's +a simple one at http://www.perl.com/CPAN/authors/id/TOMC/scripts/ptags.gz which may do the trick. And if not, it's easy to hack into what you want. @@ -633,7 +640,7 @@ Copyright (c) 1997-1999 Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington. All rights reserved. When included as an integrated part of the Standard Distribution -of Perl or of its documentation (printed or otherwise), this works is +of Perl or of its documentation (printed or otherwise), this work is covered under Perl's Artistic Licence. For separate distributions of all or part of this FAQ outside of that, see L.