Perl Help

[rccmum]

I am newbie to perl and just started to exploring it.

How would I know the perl modules available in perl 5.8.2 ? I see the *.pm files but I know there are few in built too ?

How do I change the character size ( height and width ) while outputing a text with "xterm" or "ansi" terminal?

What kind of graphics one can have with some perl modules with "ansi" and "xterm"

Where can I find good documentation on perl and some sample ( simple and advanced scripts )?

[Ralph Grothe]

Hi,

there are several ways to determine the modules of your Perl installation.
Of course it depends how and where extra modules have been installed.
For instance, for all modules installed by MakeMaker as root (the recommended way)
the following should print you a list of modules.
Those simply designated Perl should be part of core Perl.
Type "perldoc ExtUtils::Installed" for deatils.


$ perl -MExtUtils::Installed -e 'print map "$_\n",ExtUtils::Installed->new->modules'


You could also type "perldoc perllocal"
to being paged additional, non-core modules
that should reside beneath site_perl.

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

A wealth of information by beginning and branching from:

http://www.cpan.org/

http://perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=284175

Regards!

...JRF...

[rccmum]

Thanks to all for good piece of information.

Anyone can comment on my other questions?

Thanks in advance.

[Dennis Handly]

>How do I change the character size (height and width) while outputing a text with "xterm" or "ansi" terminal?

I assume these are fixed when you create your window and can't be changed. After all, these are terminals. ;-)

[rccmum]

I think there is way to change the character size for xterm or ansi emulation from perl. I just can't figure out yet.

I know in case of PuTTY, I can change it using it's own options. How can I make use of its option from within perl?

I am dealing herewith perl on HPUX.

Anyone out there who has done this?

Thanks in advance.