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 This this release was successfully tested on a 5.004_04 linux
14 distribution (1997) and a 5.005_03 Windows version (ActiveState build
17 The following modules are not required, but perltidy may use them if
20 Win32 will be used to help identify a Windows system if detected
21 HTML::Entities will be used to encode HTML entities if detected
22 Pod::Html will be used to format pod text
24 The total disk space needed after removing the installation directory
28 There are two source distribution files:
30 * A .tgz "tarball", with Unix-style <lf> line endings, and
32 * A zip file, .zip, with Windows-style <cr><lf> line endings.
34 In addition, the web site has links to debian and RPM packages.
37 For most standard installations, the standard Makefile.PL method should
45 The INSTALL file has additional installation notes.
48 Please see the CHANGES file for notices of any recent updates.
50 Please see the BUGS file for a list of all known open bugs.
52 Documentation can be found in the docs directory, and it can also be
53 found at http://perltidy.sourceforge.net
55 Reading the brief tutorial should help you use perltidy effectively.
57 Perltidy is still being developed, so please check sourceforge
58 occasionally for updates. New releases are announced on freshmeat.net.
60 FEEDBACK / BUG REPORTS
61 Bug reports, comments and suggestions are welcome. Attach the smallest
62 piece of code which demonstrates the bug or issue. Your efforts are
68 perltidy at users.sourceforge.net
69 http://perltidy.sourceforge.net