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in reply to Making it clearer to say that a sub is defined within current package

Sometimes your editor has a function whereby you right-click on a name and say "Go to definition".

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Re^2: Making it clearer to say that a sub is defined within current package
by karlgoethebier (Abbot) on Apr 12, 2019 at 15:36 UTC
    "...right-click on a name..."

    This doesn't work for hardboiled coders because they think using a mouse is for sissies. Best regards, Karl

    «The Crux of the Biscuit is the Apostrophe»

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      Such information can be triggered by cursor position too.

      At least in the mother of all IDEs ...

      Cheers Rolf
      (addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
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        "... the mother of all IDEs..."

        Probably this is emacs. May be i miss a command like M-x goto-definition in some mode? Best regards, Karl

        Update: Dialogue - a didactic device.

        «The Crux of the Biscuit is the Apostrophe»

        perl -MCrypt::CBC -E 'say Crypt::CBC->new(-key=>'kgb',-cipher=>"Blowfish")->decrypt_hex($ENV{KARL});'Help