META(1) User Contributed Perl Documentation META(1)NAMEmeta - A simple front-end to Acme::MetaSyntactic
SYNOPSISmeta [ --whitespace|ws ] [ --help ] [ --version ] [ --remote ] [
--check ] [ --sources ] [ --category category ] theme[/category] [
count ]
DESCRIPTIONmeta 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 STORIESmeta 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.
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