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Re: Quick usability enhancement to perlfaq.pod

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Matthew Horsfall

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Jul 31, 2011, 8:52:43 PM7/31/11
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My mistake,

I meant perlfaq.pod in the subject.

-- Matthew Horsfall (alh)

On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 8:34 PM, Matthew Horsfall <wolf...@gmail.com>wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I believe the following minor change may help new users / browsers of
> perlfaq.pod make better use of the perlfaq:
>
> mhorsfall@Fireforge:~/my-perl$ git show
> commit 15e42d2617514e42a0c1e082d6d9b5175c52b5f5
> Author: Matthew Horsfall <wolf...@gmail.com>
> Date: Sun Jul 31 20:18:57 2011 -0400
>
> Add quick note to perlfaq main page about searching the perlfaq
>
> diff --git a/pod/perlfaq.pod b/pod/perlfaq.pod
> index 9ca88c8..61b8f3b 100644
> --- a/pod/perlfaq.pod
> +++ b/pod/perlfaq.pod
> @@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ that lets you read the L<perlfaq>:
>
> $ perldoc perlfaq
>
> +or search the L<perlfaq> question headings:
> +
> + $ perldoc -q open
> +
> +See C<perldoc> for more information.
> +
> Besides your local system, you can find the perlfaq on the web, including
> at http://perldoc.perl.org/ .
>
> The patch can be found at:
> https://github.com/wolfsage/perl/commit/15e42d2617514e42a0c1e082d6d9b5175c52b5f5
>
> Thanks for your consideration,
>
> -- Matthew Horsfall (alh)
>

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