Stories
Slash Boxes
Comments
NOTE: use Perl; is on undef hiatus. You can read content, but you can't post it. More info will be forthcoming forthcomingly.

All the Perl that's Practical to Extract and Report

use Perl Log In

Log In

[ Create a new account ]

Perl Flavoured Google

Journal written by AndyArmstrong (7200) and posted by brian_d_foy on 2007.10.22 3:09   Printer-friendly
Links
For the last few months I've been using a couple of Perl specific Google Co-op searches.

The Perl search pulls results from 72 assorted Perl related sites including CPAN and perldoc.perl.org. It tends to work for those questions that you're not even sure where to ask.

Perhaps more useful is the CPAN search which I find often outperforms search.cpan.org. In particular it finds 'one word' module names like CGI or FCGI both of which search.cpan.org currently overlooks.

If you have any suggestions for sites I've missed or other improvements give me a shout.

The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.

Perl Flavoured Google 2 Comments More | Login | Reply /

 Full
 Abbreviated
 Hidden
More | Login | Reply
Loading... please wait.
  • It always mystifies me when people have problems with search.cpan.org - If you're seaching for a module, change the "in" select menu to "modules" instead of the default "all".

    I have a couple of searches saved as firefox keyword-bookmarks, so that I can type "cpan CGI" in the address box for a "module" search, or type "dist perl" for a "distribution" search - massive time savers.

    • Why should it mystify you? search.cpan has always had a few particular flaws that, due to the underlying engine, haven't ever gotten fixed.

      Andy, you should also include kobesearch.cpan.org. :)

Stories, comments, journals, and other submissions on use Perl; are Copyright 1998-2006, their respective owners.