Toolkit(3pm)						User Contributed Perl Documentation					      Toolkit(3pm)

NAME

       Toolkit - Keep your handy modules organized

VERSION

       This document describes Toolkit version 0.0.2

SYNOPSIS

	   use Toolkit;

	   # All your favorites are now available

DESCRIPTION

       The Toolkit module provides a standard location to store modules that you use all the time, and then loads them for you automatically. For
       example, instead of always writing:

	   use strict;
	   use warnings;
	   use Carp;
	   use Smart::Comments;

       in every program/module, you can just write:

	   use Toolkit;

       and put all your favorite modules in a file:

	   > cat $PERL5LIB/Toolkit/Macros/ALWAYS/Modules

	   use strict;
	   use warnings;
	   use Carp;
	   use Smart::Comments;

       You can also specify load-on-demand subroutines:

	   > cat $PERL5LIB/Toolkit/Runtime/prompt

	   use IO::Prompt qw( prompt );

	   > cat $PERL5LIB/Toolkit/Runtime/say

	   sub say { print @_, "
" }

       in which case Toolkit will install an "AUTOLOAD" that installs these subroutines the first time they're called.

INTERFACE

       Calling:

	   use Toolkit;

       with no arguments loads any files in the directories:

	   $PERL5LIB/Toolkit/Macros/ALWAYS/
	   $PERL5LIB/Toolkit/Macros/DEFAULT/

       or any of their subdirectories.

       Calling:

	   use Toolkit qw(foo bar);

       any files in the directories:

	   $PERL5LIB/Toolkit/Macros/ALWAYS/
	   $PERL5LIB/Toolkit/Macros/foo/
	   $PERL5LIB/Toolkit/Macros/bar/

       or any of their subdirectories.

       Using the Toolkit module in any way also installs an "AUTOLOAD" subroutine which looks in:

	   $PERL5LIB/Toolkit/Runtime/

       for a file of the same name as the subroutine that is being autoloaded. That is, if you write:

	   use Toolkit;

	   baz();

       Then the module looks for a file:

	   $PERL5LIB/Toolkit/Runtime/baz

       and executes it in a special namespace. After the file executes, Toolkit expects that the special namespace will now have a subroutine of
       the required name, which it then calls.

DIAGNOSTICS

       Toolkit couldn't open %s
	   You specified a particular macro for Toolkit to load, but it wasn't able to read the corresponding file. Usually a file permissions
	   problem or a non-existent macro.

       Undefined subroutine %s called
	   You used a subroutine that Toolkit couldn't autoload. Did you misspell the subroutine name, or fail to install a file of the same name
	   in your "$PERL5LIB/Toolkit/Runtime/" subdirectory.

       Toolkit could not load %s (running %s didn't install it).
	   You used a subroutine that Toolkit tried to autoload. It found the corresponding file in the "$PERL5LIB/Toolkit/Runtime/" subdirectory,
	   but executing that file didn't produce a subroutine of the correct name.

CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT

       Toolkit uses the following directories and files to configure its behaviour:

       $PERL5LIB/Toolkit/Macros/ALWAYS/
	   Files in this directory are prepended to your source code whenever Toolkit is used

       $PERL5LIB/Toolkit/Macros/DEFAULT/
	   Files in this directory are prepended to your source code whenever Toolkit is used without arguments

       $PERL5LIB/Toolkit/Macros/any file name
	   These files are prepended to your source code whenever Toolkit is used and their name is specified after the "use Toolkit".

       $PERL5LIB/Toolkit/Runtime/
	   Files in this directory are executed to whenever Toolkit is used and a subroutine of the same name is called. They are expected to
	   define the required subroutine.

DEPENDENCIES

       Requires:

       o   File::Spec::Functions

       o   Filter::Simple

       o   version

INCOMPATIBILITIES

       None reported.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

       No bugs have been reported.

       Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-tool-kit@rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at <http://rt.cpan.org>.

AUTHOR

       Damian Conway  "<DCONWAY@cpan.org>"

LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2005, Damian Conway "<DCONWAY@cpan.org>". All rights reserved.

       This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY

       BECAUSE THIS SOFTWARE IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE SOFTWARE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT
       WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE SOFTWARE "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
       EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
       THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE SOFTWARE PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF
       ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR, OR CORRECTION.

       IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR
       REDISTRIBUTE THE SOFTWARE AS PERMITTED BY THE ABOVE LICENCE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR
       CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SOFTWARE (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING
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perl v5.10.0							    2008-05-29							      Toolkit(3pm)