* spelling fixes and s/Perl/perl/ as appropriate * Is there a ctags for Perl? + Updated answer for new links and removed missing links
* normalized entries for the editor list so each has a URL in the same place, and so on. * Where can I learn about linking C with Perl? + changed answer title to remove h2xs + updated answer for Inline::C Index: perlfaq3.pod =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/public/perlfaq/perlfaq3.pod,v retrieving revision 1.49 diff -u -d -r1.49 perlfaq3.pod --- perlfaq3.pod 4 Jun 2005 04:12:40 -0000 1.49 +++ perlfaq3.pod 2 Aug 2005 22:12:23 -0000 @@ -202,13 +202,11 @@ =head2 Is there a ctags for Perl? -Recent versions of ctags do much more than older versions did. -EXUBERANT CTAGS is available from http://ctags.sourceforge.net/ -and does a good job of making tags files for perl code. +(contributed by brian d foy) -There is also a simple one at -http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/TOMC/scripts/ptags.gz which may do -the trick. It can be easy to hack this into what you want. +Exuberent ctags supports Perl: http://ctags.sourceforge.net/ + +You might also try pltags: http://www.mscha.com/pltags.zip =head2 Is there an IDE or Windows Perl Editor? @@ -225,68 +223,91 @@ =item Eclipse +http://e-p-i-c.sf.net/ + The Eclipse Perl Integration Project integrates Perl editing/debugging with Eclipse. -The website for the project is http://e-p-i-c.sf.net/ +=item Enginsite + +http://www.enginsite.com/ + +Perl Editor by EngInSite is a complete integrated development +environment (IDE) for creating, testing, and debugging Perl scripts; +the tool runs on Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP or later. =item Komodo +http://www.ActiveState.com/Products/Komodo/ + ActiveState's cross-platform (as of October 2004, that's Windows, Linux, and Solaris), multi-language IDE has Perl support, including a regular expression -debugger and remote debugging -( http://www.ActiveState.com/Products/Komodo/ ). +debugger and remote debugging. =item Open Perl IDE -( http://open-perl-ide.sourceforge.net/ ) +http://open-perl-ide.sourceforge.net/ + Open Perl IDE is an integrated development environment for writing and debugging Perl scripts with ActiveState's ActivePerl distribution under Windows 95/98/NT/2000. =item OptiPerl -( http://www.optiperl.com/ ) is a Windows IDE with simulated CGI -environment, including debugger and syntax highlighting editor. +http://www.optiperl.com/ + +OptiPerl is a Windows IDE with simulated CGI environment, including +debugger and syntax highlighting editor. =item PerlBuilder -( http://www.solutionsoft.com/perl.htm ) is an integrated development -environment for Windows that supports Perl development. +http://www.solutionsoft.com/perl.htm + +PerlBuidler is an integrated development environment for Windows that +supports Perl development. =item visiPerl+ -( http://helpconsulting.net/visiperl/ ) +http://helpconsulting.net/visiperl/ + From Help Consulting, for Windows. =item Visual Perl -( http://www.activestate.com/Products/Visual_Perl/ ) +http://www.activestate.com/Products/Visual_Perl/ + Visual Perl is a Visual Studio.NET plug-in from ActiveState. +=item Zeus + +http://www.zeusedit.com/lookmain.html + +Zeus for Window is another Win32 multi-language editor/IDE +that comes with support for Perl: =back -For editors: if you're on Unix you probably have vi or a vi clone already, -and possibly an emacs too, so you may not need to download anything. -In any emacs the cperl-mode (M-x cperl-mode) gives you perhaps the -best available Perl editing mode in any editor. +For editors: if you're on Unix you probably have vi or a vi clone +already, and possibly an emacs too, so you may not need to download +anything. In any emacs the cperl-mode (M-x cperl-mode) gives you +perhaps the best available Perl editing mode in any editor. -If you are using Windows, you can use any editor that lets -you work with plain text, such as NotePad or WordPad. Word -processors, such as Microsoft Word or WordPerfect, typically -do not work since they insert all sorts of behind-the-scenes -information, although some allow you to save files as "Text -Only". You can also download text editors designed -specifically for programming, such as Textpad -( http://www.textpad.com/ ) and UltraEdit -( http://www.ultraedit.com/ ), among others. +If you are using Windows, you can use any editor that lets you work +with plain text, such as NotePad or WordPad. Word processors, such as +Microsoft Word or WordPerfect, typically do not work since they insert +all sorts of behind-the-scenes information, although some allow you to +save files as "Text Only". You can also download text editors designed +specifically for programming, such as Textpad ( +http://www.textpad.com/ ) and UltraEdit ( http://www.ultraedit.com/ ), +among others. -If you are using MacOS, the same concerns apply. MacPerl -(for Classic environments) comes with a simple editor. -Popular external editors are BBEdit ( http://www.bbedit.com/ ) -or Alpha ( http://www.his.com/~jguyer/Alpha/Alpha8.html ). MacOS X users can -use Unix editors as well. +If you are using MacOS, the same concerns apply. MacPerl (for Classic +environments) comes with a simple editor. Popular external editors are +BBEdit ( http://www.bbedit.com/ ) or Alpha ( +http://www.his.com/~jguyer/Alpha/Alpha8.html ). MacOS X users can use +Unix editors as well. Neil Bowers (the man behind Geekcruises) has a +list of Mac editors that can handle Perl ( +http://www.neilbowers.org/macperleditors.html ). =over 4 @@ -909,7 +930,7 @@ by Damian Conway from Manning Publications, http://www.manning.com/Conway/index.html -=head2 Where can I learn about linking C with Perl? [h2xs, xsubpp] +=head2 Where can I learn about linking C with Perl? If you want to call C from Perl, start with L<perlxstut>, moving on to L<perlxs>, L<xsubpp>, and L<perlguts>. If you want to @@ -918,6 +939,12 @@ how the authors of existing extension modules wrote their code and solved their problems. +You might not need all the power of XS. The Inline::C module lets +you put C code directly in your Perl source. It handles all the +magic to make it work. You still have to learn at least some of +the perl API but you won't have to deal with the complexity of the +XS support files. + =head2 I've read perlembed, perlguts, etc., but I can't embed perl in my C program; what am I doing wrong? Download the ExtUtils::Embed kit from CPAN and run `make test'. If -- brian d foy, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
