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NAME

meta - A simple front-end to Acme::MetaSyntactic

SYNOPSIS

meta [ --whitespace|ws ] [ --help ] [ --version ] [ --remote ] [ --check ] [ --sources ] [ --category category ] theme[/category] [ count ]

DESCRIPTION

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.

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 STORIES

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.

-- 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.