Re^6: metacpan link shortcut? (both)

A little testing reveals

search within a distribution https://metacpan.org/search?q=dist:MetaCPAN-API&q=search

A little source diving (MetaCPAN::Web::Controller::Search) reveals

search for an author (author results on top of the other search results) https://metacpan.org/search?q=author:mark

What, I just found out I like about metacpan, is the dependencies are listed for each module/distribution right on the page, and the reverse dependencies are a click away -- where as on search.cpan.org, its always an extra click (a slow one)

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Re^7: metacpan link shortcut? (both) by jdporter (Paladin) on Nov 12, 2011 at 13:38 UTC
I'm taking that as a confirmation that there is no documentation. Source diving is not an acceptable substitute.	[reply]
Re^8: metacpan link shortcut? (both) by Anonymous Monk on Nov 13, 2011 at 00:59 UTC
I'm taking that as a confirmation that there is no documentation. Source diving is not an acceptable substitute. Yup, there is no documentation But, FWIW, there really isn't anything worth documenting anyway You really don't need to use author: to find an author by name As for dist:, you're provided with a search form on the distributions page -- if you make the connection, you make it :)	[reply]
Re^9: metacpan link shortcut? (both) by jdporter (Paladin) on Nov 14, 2011 at 02:02 UTC
But, FWIW, there really isn't anything worth documenting anyway You really don't need to use author: to find an author by name I beg to differ. The mere fact that one doesn't have to use a certain interface/feature doesn't mean it's not worth documenting. As for dist:, you're provided with a search form on the distributions page Where is this "distributions page"? I reckon we are the only monastery ever to have a dungeon stuffed with 16,000 zombies.	[reply]
Re^10: metacpan link shortcut? (both) by Anonymous Monk on Nov 14, 2011 at 02:16 UTC


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