Change 11402 by nick@camel-linux on 2001/07/18 06:19:17
Subject: Doc patch: perlre should mention perlrequick and perlretut
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Date: 17 Jul 2001 17:59:20 -0000
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... //depot/perl/pod/perlre.pod#65 edit
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==== //depot/perl/pod/perlre.pod#65 (text) ====
Index: perl/pod/perlre.pod
--- perl/pod/perlre.pod.~1~ Wed Jul 18 00:30:05 2001
+++ perl/pod/perlre.pod Wed Jul 18 00:30:05 2001
@@ -4,10 +4,16 @@
=head1 DESCRIPTION
-This page describes the syntax of regular expressions in Perl. For a
-description of how to I<use> regular expressions in matching
-operations, plus various examples of the same, see discussions
-of C<m//>, C<s///>, C<qr//> and C<??> in L<perlop/"Regexp Quote-Like Operators">.
+This page describes the syntax of regular expressions in Perl.
+
+if you haven't used regular expressions before, a quick-start
+introduction is available in L<perlrequick>, and a longer tutorial
+introduction is available in L<perlretut>.
+
+For reference on how regular expressions are used in matching
+operations, plus various examples of the same, see discussions of
+C<m//>, C<s///>, C<qr//> and C<??> in L<perlop/"Regexp Quote-Like
+Operators">.
Matching operations can have various modifiers. Modifiers
that relate to the interpretation of the regular expression inside
@@ -1270,6 +1276,10 @@
=head1 SEE ALSO
+L<perlrequick>.
+
+L<perlretut>.
+
L<perlop/"Regexp Quote-Like Operators">.
L<perlop/"Gory details of parsing quoted constructs">.
End of Patch.
