ffap-perl-module.el

ffap-perl-module.el lets Emacs ffap ("find file at point") go to the source for a perl module. For example,

Foo::Bar ---> /usr/share/perl5/Foo/Bar.pm

if a module file exists (otherwise falling back to ffap's other finding). There's various gambits to get the package part of a fully-qualified name, prune back subpackages, or add a package prefix if abbreviated in documentation etc.

ffap-perl-module.el is free software (free as in freedom), published under the terms of the GNU General Public License (v3 or up). Download version 11 here, or in my miscbits-el collection:

ffap-perl-module.el (21k, and sig)

The sig file is an Gnu PG ascii armoured signature generated from my key.

Here's some other ways to do the same thing. They're mainly separate commands. It's a matter of personal preference whether you want ffap for all sorts of finding, or keep it separate.

CPerlMode on the Emacs Wiki has some code fragments. They don't all directly depend on cperl-mode, that's just where most often used.
perl-find-library.el has a simple command looking through @INC like the ffap here, but without the class name pruning.
Emacs-PDE has module tracking and source jumping.
PerlySense has a ps/find-source-for-module-at-point likewise. It uses its perly_sense program so you must have it and its various module dependencies installed first.

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