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authorHarald Jörg <haj@posteo.de>2023-10-26 12:06:12 +0200
committerHarald Jörg <haj@posteo.de>2023-10-26 12:06:12 +0200
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downloademacs-b62ad00981ec98fc07fd798a4e6e75c90aad9200.tar.gz
cperl-mode.el: Make commands and options for Perl info pages obsolete.
The Perl documentation in info format is no longer distributed with Perl, nor is it available from CPAN. Point to cperl-perldoc instead. * lisp/progmodes/cperl-mode.el (cperl-info-page): Make obsolete. (cperl-tips): Remove outdated instructions to get Perl info sources from the docstring. (cperl-praise): Remove advertising the info interface in the docstring. (cperl-mode-map): Replace bindings to `cperl-info-on-command' and `cperl-info-on-current-command' by `cperl-perldoc'. (cperl-menu): Remove menu entries pointing to the Perl info page. (cperl-mode): Remove explanation of the Perl info commands from the docstring. (cperl-info-on-command, cperl-info-on-current-command), (cperl-imenu-info-imenu-search, cperl-imenu-on-info): Declare the commands obsolete. * etc/NEWS: Describe the obsoletion of Perl info commands.
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@@ -870,6 +870,12 @@ value of "perl-code" is useful for trailing POD and for AutoSplit
modules, the value "comment" makes cperl-mode treat trailers as
comment, like perl-mode does.
+*** Commands using the Perl info page are obsolete.
+
+The Perl documentation in info format is no longer distributed with
+Perl or on CPAN since more than 10 years. Perl documentation can be
+read with 'cperl-perldoc' instead.
+
** Emacs Sessions (Desktop)
+++