Re: install cperl-mode for emacs

[Peter S Galbraith <p.galbraith@globetrotter.net>]

"Michael P. Soulier" <michael.soulier@rogers.com> wrote:

> On 26/03/02 Henrik Enberg did speaketh:
> 
> > If you're using GNU Emacs you already have it installed.  I belive the
> > same is true for XEmacs.  Put the following in your ~/.emacs.el
> >=20
> > (defalias 'perl-mode 'cperl-mode)
> 
>     Grab the latest version though. I'm running 4.32 and it's been much
> improved. The author doesn't recommend XEmacs though.
> 
> ---begin quote---
>   "Get newest version of this package from
>   ftp://ftp.math.ohio-state.edu/pub/users/ilya/emacs
> and/or
>   ftp://ftp.math.ohio-state.edu/pub/users/ilya/perl
> Subdirectory `cperl-mode' may contain yet newer development releases and/or
> patches to related files.
> 
> For best results apply to an older Emacs the patches from
>   ftp://ftp.math.ohio-state.edu/pub/users/ilya/cperl-mode/patches
> \(this upgrades syntax-parsing abilities of RMS Emaxen v19.34 and=20
> v20.2 up to the level of RMS Emacs v20.3 - a must for a good Perl
> mode.)  You will not get much from XEmacs, it's syntax abilities are
> too primitive.

To be honest, he's talking about versions which are now quite old.
(Still, I'm an Emacs 21 user)

Peter


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