2 Perltidy is a tool to indent and reformat perl scripts. It can also
3 write scripts in html format.
5 Perltidy is free software released under the GNU General Public License
6 -- please see the included file "COPYING" for details.
9 Perltidy is programmed to work with versions of Perl as old as 5.004.
10 (You can find your version with "perl -v"). However, some systems this
11 old may have problems, particularly Windows versions.
13 The following modules are not required, but perltidy may use them if
16 HTML::Entities will be used to encode HTML entities if detected
17 Pod::Html will be used to format pod text
19 The total disk space needed after removing the installation directory
23 There are two source distribution files:
25 * A .tgz "tarball", with Unix-style <lf> line endings, and
27 * A zip file, .zip, with Windows-style <cr><lf> line endings.
29 In addition, the web site has links to debian and RPM packages.
32 For most standard installations, the standard Makefile.PL method should
40 The INSTALL file has additional installation notes, and tells how to use
41 perltidy without doing an installation.
44 Please see the CHANGES file for notices of any recent updates.
46 Please see the BUGS file for a list of all known open bugs.
48 Documentation can be found in the docs directory, and it can also be
49 found at http://perltidy.sourceforge.net
51 Reading the brief tutorial should help you use perltidy effectively.
53 Perltidy is still being developed, so please check sourceforge
54 occasionally for updates. New releases are announced on freshmeat.net.
56 FEEDBACK / BUG REPORTS
57 Bug reports, comments and suggestions are welcome. Attach the smallest
58 piece of code which demonstrates the bug or issue. Your efforts are
64 perltidy at users.sourceforge.net
65 http://perltidy.sourceforge.net