NAME
masontidy - Tidy HTML::Mason / Mason components
VERSION
version 2.57
SYNOPSIS
Tidy component, write to standard output:
% masontidy -m [1|2] file.mc
Tidy component(s) in place:
% masontidy -m [1|2] -r file1.mc [file2.mc ...]
Tidy standard input, write to standard output:
% masontidy -m [1|2] -p|--pipe < file.mc
DESCRIPTION
masontidy tidies Mason 1 and Mason 2 components, using perltidy to format the Perl code that can be embedded in various places in the component. masontidy does not (yet) attempt to tidy the HTML or other non-Perl content in a component.
For example, this:
<body>
%if($contents||$allow_empty) {
  <ul>
%foreach my $line (@lines) {
%chomp($line);
  <li>
      <%2+(3-4)*6%>
  </li>
  <li><%  foo($.bar,$.baz,  $.bleah)%></li>
%}
  </ul>
%}
</body>
<%init>
my @articles = @{Blog::Article::Manager->get_articles(sort_by=>"create_time",limit=>5)};
</%init>  
becomes this:
<body>
% if ( $contents || $allow_empty ) {
  <ul>
%     foreach my $line (@lines) {
%         chomp($line);
  <li>
      <% 2 + ( 3 - 4 ) * 6 %>
  </li>
  <li><% foo( $.bar, $.baz, $.bleah) %></li>
%     }
  </ul>
%}
</body>
<%init>
my @articles =
  @{ Blog::Article::Manager->get_articles
     ( sort_by => "create_time", limit => 5 ) };
</%init>  
What gets tidied
%-lines and
<%perl>blocks. These are indented relative to each other regardless of intervening non-Perl content, e.g. note the indentation of theforeachandchomplines above.Other code blocks.
<%init>,<%once>,<%class>, and<%filter>blocks are tidied in isolation from one another.Perl expressions inside
<% %>and<& &>tags.
INVOKING
There are three ways of invoking masontidy:
Specify a single file; the result will be written to standard output.
Specify one or more files with the -r/--replace flag; each file will be tidied in place.
Specify -p/--pipe; content from standard input will be tidied and written to standard output.
For more advanced options, consider using masontidy with tidyall; it will let you write to files with a separate extension, backup files before overwriting, etc.
COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS
You can specify default options in the MASONTIDY_OPT environment variable, e.g.
MASONTIDY_OPT="-m 2"
- -m, --mason-version
 - 
Mason major version - 1 or 2. Required. Put this in
MASONTIDY_OPTif you only ever use one version on your system. - -r, --replace
 - 
Modify file(s) in place instead of sending to standard output.
 - --indent-perl-block
 - 
Number of spaces to initially indent all lines inside
<%perl>blocks. The default is 2, so as to align with %-lines:% my $foo = get_foo(); <%perl> if ($foo) { $bar = 6; } </%perl>With --indent-perl-block 0:
% my $foo = get_foo(); <%perl> if ($foo) { $bar = 6; } </%perl>Note that this is independent from perltidy's indentation settings.
 - --indent-block
 - 
Number of spaces to initially indent all lines inside code blocks other than
<%perl>(<%init>,<%class>,<%once>, and<%filter>). The default is 0:<%init> if ($foo) { $bar = 6; } </%init>With --indent-block 2:
<%init> if ($foo) { $bar = 6; } </%init> - --perltidy-argv
 - 
perltidyarguments to use everywhere. e.g.--perltidy-argv="-noll -l=78"or
--perltidy-argv " -noll -l=78" - --perltidy-line-argv
 - 
Additional
perltidyarguments to use for Perl lines. "-fnl -fbl" will always be used, to preserve existing newlines. - --perltidy-block-argv
 - 
Additional
perltidyarguments to use for code blocks. - --perltidy-tag-argv
 - 
Additional
perltidyarguments to use for<% %>and<& &>tags. "-fnl -fbl" will always be used, to preserve existing newlines. - -h, --help
 - 
Print help message
 
ERRORS
Will throw a fatal error if a file cannot be tidied, such as when perltidy encounters bad Perl syntax. However, masontidy is not intended to be, and should not be considered, a validator; it will remain silent on many syntax errors.
LIBRARY API
You can use the Mason::Tidy API from inside another Perl script/library instead of calling out to this script.
CAVEATS / KNOWN BUGS
<%perl>and</%perl>tags must be on their own line, or else their inner content will not be tidied.<% %>tags that span multiple lines are ignored.The line structure of
%-lines,<% %>tags,<& &>and<%perl>blocks will not be altered; i.e. multiple lines will not be merged and single lines will not be split, regardless of their length.
AUTHOR
Jonathan Swartz <swartz@pobox.com>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2011 by Jonathan Swartz.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.