Pull Perl docs into Idea!

[that-guy-scott]

I love being able to view API documentation right inside the editor.
What I end up doing is this...
Say I have a CPAN module Data::Dumper. I want to view documentation about this module. Normally one would just google "Data::Dumper". Do this enough times and you memorize the urls.

https://perldoc.perl.org/Data::Dumper.
https://perldoc.perl.org/some-perl-module-here

I've had perl.org redirect you to the cpan page for these docs as well.

Would it be possible to pull this info in much like java docs? It's default shortcut is Ctrl+q

[rwp0]

Do you mean online rather than the existing offline documentation support?

As currently it requires the module to be installed locally.

(Offline documentation support already exists in the IDE/plugin, there's a tool window for that.)

[hurricup]

@that-guy-scott it should work already. But you must have perl or module installed and configured.

[that-guy-scott]

I'm using WSL. I get a popup windows but it says "No Documentation Found". I've installed the plugin in Intellij. I'm not sure how to install it locally. I followed the "Getting Started" in the wiki here ==> https://github.com/Camelcade/Perl5-IDEA/wiki/Getting-started

[that-guy-scott]

So I loaded up my linux box and created a basic project there. I'm able to see the docs now. My guess is WSL.

[hurricup]

You may also install strawberry perl on windows. The problem not exactly wsl, but non-local interpreter (wsl/docker)

[that-guy-scott]

Thanks guys! I thought I had a great idea but you guys already done it. This plugin is fantastic by the way. I use it everyday. So thank you guys for all your hard work. I really appreciate it.
update: Strawberry perl loads the docs for me and fixed all my little issues. WSL isn't quite there yet.

[hurricup]

what perl are you using in wsl? is it system perl or plenv/perbrew?
I can confirm that it is working for perlbrew in docker, for example, but does not work for system perl in docker.
IDE treats docker/wsl as kind of 'remote interpreter'

[hurricup]

oh. update:

for some reason perl:5.38.0 has two perls inside it. Like native system 5.36.0 in /usr/bin and additional 5.38.0 in /usr/local/bin

The first one seems come without documentation, because searching shows only one doc file. So, probably your perl comes without docs as well.

However, documentation for non-bundled, additional modules should always work if it is there and works.