Author: randy
Date: 2006-01-16 12:54:51 -0700 (Mon, 16 Jan 2006)
New Revision: 5566
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/general/prog/perl-modules.xml
trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
Log:
Singled out the Text::Diff module in the Perl Modules instructions
Modified: trunk/BOOK/general/prog/perl-modules.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/general/prog/perl-modules.xml 2006-01-16 18:16:00 UTC (rev
5565)
+++ trunk/BOOK/general/prog/perl-modules.xml 2006-01-16 19:54:51 UTC (rev
5566)
@@ -540,31 +540,7 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para id="perl-text-diff"><ulink
-
url="http://cpan.org/authors/id/R/RB/RBS/Text-Diff-&Text-Diff-version;.tar.gz";>
- Text-Diff-&Text-Diff-version;</ulink></para>
- <indexterm zone="perl-modules perl-text-diff">
- <primary sortas="g-Text-Diff">Text::Diff</primary>
- </indexterm>
-
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para id="perl-algorithm-diff"><ulink
-
url="http://cpan.org/authors/id/T/TY/TYEMQ/Algorithm-Diff-&Algorithm-Diff-version;.zip";>
- Algorithm-Diff-&Algorithm-Diff-version;</ulink></para>
- <indexterm zone="perl-modules perl-algorithm-diff">
- <primary
sortas="g-Algorithm-Diff">Algorithm::Diff</primary>
- </indexterm>
-
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para><xref linkend="unzip"/></para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
-
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
-
+ <para><xref linkend="perl-text-diff"/></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><xref linkend="perl-test-pod"/> (optionally used during
@@ -911,6 +887,50 @@
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
+ <!-- Text::Diff -->
+ <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="perl-text-diff"
+ xreflabel="Text::Diff-&Text-Diff-version;">
+ Text::Diff-&Text-Diff-version;</bridgehead>
+
+ <indexterm zone="perl-modules perl-text-diff">
+ <primary sortas="g-Text-Diff">Text::Diff</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+
+ <para>Text::Diff is used to perform diffs on files and record sets. It
+ provides a basic set of services akin to the GNU <command>diff</command>
+ utility. It is not anywhere near as feature complete as GNU
+ <command>diff</command>, but it is better integrated with
+ <application>Perl</application> and available on all platforms. Text::Diff
+ is often faster than shelling out to a system's <command>diff</command>
+ executable for small files, and generally slower on larger files.</para>
+
+ <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
+ <listitem>
+ <para><ulink
+
url="http://cpan.org/authors/id/R/RB/RBS/Text-Diff-&Text-Diff-version;.tar.gz";>
+ Text-Diff-&Text-Diff-version;</ulink></para>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para id="perl-algorithm-diff"><ulink
+
url="http://cpan.org/authors/id/T/TY/TYEMQ/Algorithm-Diff-&Algorithm-Diff-version;.zip";>
+ Algorithm-Diff-&Algorithm-Diff-version;</ulink></para>
+ <indexterm zone="perl-modules perl-algorithm-diff">
+ <primary sortas="g-Algorithm-Diff">Algorithm::Diff</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para><xref linkend="unzip"/></para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+
<!-- Tk -->
<bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="tk-perl"
xreflabel="Tk-Perl-&Tk-Perl-version;">
Modified: trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2006-01-16 18:16:00 UTC
(rev 5565)
+++ trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2006-01-16 19:54:51 UTC
(rev 5566)
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@
<para>January 16th, 2006</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
+ <para>[randy] - Singled out the Text::Diff module in the Perl
+ Modules instructions.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
<para>[randy] - Updated to the Module::Signature-0.51 Perl Module
and singled it out in the instructions.</para>
</listitem>
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