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Langue: en
Version: 2006-11-05 (mandriva - 01/05/08)
Section: 1 (Commandes utilisateur)
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NAME
meta - A simple front-end to Acme::MetaSyntacticSYNOPSIS
meta [ --whitespace|ws ] [ --help ] [ --version ] [ --remote ] [ --check ] [ --sources ] [ --category category ] theme[/category] [ count ]DESCRIPTION
meta is a simple front-end to Acme::MetaSyntactic.A few examples should make it easy to understand what it does and how it works:
$ meta baz $ meta batman powie $ meta donmartin 3 kloong thoof_foing weeooweeeoooo $ meta -ws browser 4 arachne netscape voyager w3m
In short, the default theme is "foo", the default count is 1, the default separator is $/, but you can replace it by whitespace with --ws.
COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS
The following command-line options are available:Metasyntactic options
- --whitespace, --ws
- Print all items on a single line, separated by space.
- --remote
- Fetch the remote list (if available) and print it.
- --check
- Fetch the remote list (if available) and print only the differences betwen the current list and the remote list (items are prefixed by "+" and "-").
Option added by Abigail.
The output of this option is affected by the --whitespace option.
- --category category
- Only select items in the given category (for "Acme::MetaSyntactic::MultiList" subclasses). If not given, use the default category.
Silently fallbacks to the default if the category doesn't exist.
Another way to ask for a specific category is to skip the --category option and directly ask for "theme/category". Note that you cannot use both calling conventions simultaneously.
Informative options
The program will exit if any of these options is selected. However, these options can be combined.
- --themes
- Print the list of available themes.
- --sources
- Print the URLs used by a remote list.
- --version
- Print version information.
- --help
- Print a short help message.
SUCCESS STORIES
meta is the script of choice for a new generation of hackers. Here are a few comments from satisfied users:- •
- "Acme::MetaSyntactic" makes me more productive when I have to write regression tests for my Perl modules. No more do I spend time looking for variable names! It simply changed my life.
-- Rafael Garcia-Suarez, pumpking, used AMS when writing tests for "Sub::Identify".
- •
- "Acme::MetaSyntactic" gave names for regression tests in the Perl core
See <http://public.activestate.com/cgi-bin/perlbrowse?patch=26370>.
- •
- Your module has been a wonderful timesaver for me. How much time I used to spend on thinking about good and meaningful variable names, and now I have them at the snap of a finger!
-- Gisbert W. Selke
EXAMPLES OF USE
Ever needed to debug with the help of a few "print()" statements? Simply map some keystrokes to insert a warning where you want it. With meta, you will never need to think about what write in the string argument:nmap _wa :r!meta donmartin<CR>iwarn"<Esc>A";<Esc>==
(This mapping kindly given by Rafael Garcia-Suarez.)
AUTHOR
Philippe ``BooK'' Bruhat, "<book@cpan.org>".COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2005-2006 Philippe 'BooK' Bruhat, All Rights Reserved.LICENSE
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.Contenus ©2006-2024 Benjamin Poulain
Design ©2006-2024 Maxime Vantorre