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Perl5 layer

Table of Contents

• Description
  • Features:
• Install
  • Layer
  • Auto-completion: PlSense
• Key bindings
  • Perldoc
  • POD and HERE doc
  • Find Symbol
  • Formatting Code

Description

This layer adds support for the Perl5 language.

Features:

• Syntactic and semantic checking using flycheck
• Auto-completion using company-plsense
• Format code with perltidy
• Jump to symbol definition
• Interactive debug via realgud with trepan.pl

Install

Layer

To use this configuration layer, add it to your ~/.spacemacs. You will need to add perl5 to the existing dotspacemacs-configuration-layers list in this file.

Auto-completion: PlSense

company-plsense requires installation of the plsense server from here.

Key bindings

Perldoc

Browse formatted perldocs.

Key binding	Description
SPC m h h	view perldoc of symbol at point
SPC m h d	view perldoc of any symbol

POD and HERE doc

Select a POD or HERE doc.

Key binding	Description
SPC m v	select entire POD or HERE doc at point

Find Symbol

Jump to symbol definition.

Key binding	Description
SPC m g g	jump to symbol definition
SPC m g G	jump to symbol definition in other window

Formatting Code

Key binding	Description
SPC m = =	format current line or region
SPC m = b	format current buffer
SPC m = f	format current function