pscope.el and Devel::Xref ========================= Sorry this isn't a "real" distribution, but it really shouldn't be. First, Devel::Xref is largely cut-and-pasted from B::Xref, and the two modules should probably be integrated. Second, it's most useful with the Emacs file, and I haven't tracked down how to make MakeMaker install that on a "make install". Given that installation wouldn't be automatic anyways, it doesn't seem worthwhile to me to make this a distribution. INSTALLATION ============ 1) Install Emacs::EPL and Module::Info from CPAN. 2) place Devel/Xref.pm somewhere in your @INC path (or edit pscope.el to point to it). 3) put pscope.el somewhere Emacs will find it. RUNNING ======= In Emacs, type M-x load-library pscope M-x pscope-init M-x pscope-rebuild This will give you an Xref database for the EPL process. To add some of your own modules, load them, then type M-x perl-eval-buffer Alternatively, you can get an interactive Perl scratchpad like the *scratch* buffer by typing M-x ipl-start then type the relevant "use" statements into this buffer, and evaluate them by hitting C-j. The most useful part of the package is the cross-reference facility; type M-x pscope- to get a list of functions using it. In general, the functions will look up zero or more source locations, then allow you to cycle through them with "M-x pscope-next". With a prefix argument, the functions will instead display a grep-mode buffer listing all the hits, from which you can then navigate. TODO ==== * (Easy) Use module, file, and line number to refine queries on the Perl side. * (Hard) Use module, file, and line number to filter results on the Emacs side. * (Medium) Clean up Perl side. * (Hard) Merge with B::Xref. * (Medium) Better documentation for Elisp side.