mcd - mini CPAN documentation browser
mcd lets you search you CPAN mini for modules and display attractive HTML documentation in your browser. This is useful if you don't have an internet connection available or you have a very slow connection.
$> mcd [-option] Module::Name
$> mcd -d Module::Name
$> mcd -d Module::Name -html_index -browser lynx
$> mcd -s string
$> mcd -s '\d0x'
'h|help' display help 's|search' search for modules 'b|browse' generate and browse module ocumentation 'html_index' generate a pure HTML index for text based browsers 'browser' path to your browser or $ENV{BROWSER} or 'firefox'|'elinks' 'cpan_mini' cpan mini location or $ENV{CPAN_MINI} or '/devel/cpan'
0 if no error found.
You can't use mcd to display core modules documentation. This is due to the fact that core modules come with Perl and are not in your CPAN mini repository although they are referenced in it! You can display the installed core modules documentation with perldoc.
Nadim ibn hamouda el Khemir CPAN ID: NKH mailto: nkh@cpan.org
CPAN::Mini::Webserver, elinks
To install CPAN::Mini::ProjectDocs, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm CPAN::Mini::ProjectDocs
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install CPAN::Mini::ProjectDocs
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.