meta - A simple front-end to Acme::MetaSyntactic
meta [ --whitespace|ws ] [ --remote ] [ --help ] [ --version ] theme [ count ]
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.
foo
$/
The following command-line options are available:
Print all items on a single line, separated by space.
Fetch the remote list (if available) and print it.
Print the list of available themes.
Print version information.
Print a short help message.
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.
Acme::MetaSyntactic
-- Rafael Garcia-Suarez, pumpking, used AMS when writing tests for Sub::Identify.
Sub::Identify
Acme::MetaSyntactic gave names for regression tests in the Perl core
See http://public.activestate.com/cgi-bin/perlbrowse?patch=26370.
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:
print()
nmap _wa :r!meta donmartin<CR>iwarn"<Esc>A";<Esc>==
(This mapping kindly given by Rafael Garcia-Suarez.)
Philippe "BooK" Bruhat, <book@cpan.org>.
<book@cpan.org>
Copyright 2005 Philippe 'BooK' Bruhat, All Rights Reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
To install Acme::MetaSyntactic, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Acme::MetaSyntactic
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Acme::MetaSyntactic
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.