Perl::Tidy parses and beautifies Perl source code.
perltidy : a perl script indenter and reformatter
Questions tagged [perl-tidy]
42 questions
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Which is the closest Python equivalent to Perl::Tidy?
Coming from Perl I've been used to hitting C-c t to reformat my code according to pre-defined Perl::Tidy rules. Now, with Python I'm astonished to learn that there is nothing that even remotely resembles the power of Perl::Tidy. PythonTidy 1.20…
Nikolai Prokoschenko
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How do I format qw lists using perltidy?
Assuming a Perl script such:
my @a = (
1,
2,
3
) ;
my @b = qw(
foo
bar
baz
) ;
executing perltidy with options: perltidy -nopro -ci=4 -boc -sts, I get a different closing parens alignment between the array and the qw…
Hannibal
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Perltidy always prints to standard out
My Perltidy always prints to standard out instead of the default test.pl.tdy:
perltidy test.pl
And here is my .perltidyrc:
-pbp # Start with Perl Best Practices
-w
-l=100 # 100 characters per line
-ce # 'cuddled' elses. elses appear on the same…
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How can I set perltidy formating to break lines on chained methods
What setting in .perltidyrc will make that chained methods will apear in new line?
Got:
$t->post_ok("/foo")->status_is(200)->json_is('/data',"bar");
Expected:
$t->post_ok("/foo")
->status_is(200)
->json_is('/data',"bar");
vanishingESCkey
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How can I do an in-place update of a file with perltidy?
If I want to an in-place update of a file with perltidy, how can I do it? Let's say I want to run perl-tidy on foo.pl but I want to the changes to be in foo.pl
Evan Carroll
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tiding subversion Perl repo with PerlTidy?
I would like to clean up an existing subversion repository containing badly formatted Perl code.
Since I am not sure if some comparisons with fairly old code will be necessary, ideally I would like to have the same formatting for all revisions.
On…
darked89
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Perltidy: an option to keep sub($args){} as a single line?
$fs->traverse('/foo')->filter(sub ($name, $dir) { $name !~ /^\./; });
$fs->traverse('/foo')->filter(sub { $_[0] !~ /^\./; });
Is there any option to keep the first line as is? Because with -pbp perltidy breaks it into 5 lines because of a…
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How can I set the encoding of shell-command-on-region output?
I have a small elisp script which applies Perl::Tidy on region or whole file. For reference, here's the script (borrowed from EmacsWiki):
(defun perltidy-command(start end)
"The perltidy command we pass markers to."
(shell-command-on-region start
…
Nikolai Prokoschenko
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How to remove leading comment whitespace in Perl::Tidy?
I'm just configuring Perl::Tidy to match my preference. I have only one issue left which I can't find a fix.
Sample script:
#!/usr/bin/perl
# | | | | | < "|" indicates first five "tabs" (1 tab 4 spaces).
use strict; # Enable strict…
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How to sort hash entries by keys when formatting Perl source code?
Looking at perltidy I don't see such an option. Is there any tool which does this?
Piotr Dobrogost
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Can I use perltidy's HTML formatter in my automated Perl build?
I'm using Module::Build to perform build, test, testpod, html, & install actions on my Perl module that I'm developing. The HTML files that are generated are okay, but I'd be much happier if I could somehow configure Module::Build to use the…
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Perltidy Unalign assignment operators (= and =>)
I have code that was previous formatted by perltidy. It has assignment operators aligned. How can I get perltidy to unalign the assignment operators. I've been all over the manual, trying and experimenting. Here's my current argument list:
-i=2 -nt…
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Consistent indentation of modules with Perl::Tidy
I am using Perl::Tidy and Perl::Critic while testing my software on several platforms (different Linux distributions and macOS).
I now get different formatting from Perl::Tidy on Linux and macOS which makes Perl::Critic fail because the code is not…
Matteo
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Can perltidy remove all leading whitespaces before performing indent rules?
Suppose I have some Perl code that looks like this
use Data::Dump q[pp];
sub something{
return 2 + 2;
}
I want it to be formatted by perltidy as
use Data::Dump q[pp];
sub something{
return 2 + 2;
}
That is, all leading…
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How to or should we sort "use Our::Class qw(may_be some_imports);" statements with Perl::Tidy (or not)?
We would like to sort use statements alphabetically in the beginning of our classes automatically via perltidy or maybe other tool if available. We already use Test::PerlTidy to test if the code is formatted before committing.
I found that…
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