Core documentation for Perl 5 version 16.0, in HTML and PDF formats.
To find out what's new in Perl 5.16.0, read the
perldelta manpage.
If you are new to the Perl language, good places to start reading are
the introduction and overview at perlintro,
and the extensive FAQ section, which
provides answers to over 300 common questions.
Site features
Improved navigation
When you scroll down a page, the top navigation bar remains
visible at the top of your screen, so the page name, breadcrumb
trail, and other links are always available.
Pop-up index display
Documentation pages now have a 'Show page index' link in the
navigation bar. Clicking this opens a draggable, resizable window
with an overview of the page you're reading.
Improved search
It's now even easier to find the page you need. For example, just
type 'getopt long' into the search box to be taken directly to
the Getopt::Long documentation.
Recently viewed pages
The right-hand side panel shows the last 10 documentation pages
you viewed. As with the search engine, this feature still works
if you're using an offline local copy of the site.
Improved syntax highlighting
As well as a better highlighting algorithm, code blocks now have
line numbers to make it easier to see line breaks.
Module index links
View the module indexes with a single click from the left-hand
side panel.
Downloads
The complete documentation set is available to download for offline use.
Full version (contains HTML and PDF files) -
perldoc.tar.gz
As well as the documentation pages, the perldoc search engine is also
included in the above downloads. No installation is required, just
unpack the archive and open the index.html file in your web browser.