I am very frustrated.
I like emacs and especially like how when I write a perl script it does the automatic indenting. However, something happened and it no longer does this for me. Help. I want it back.
It does work when I write C programs though. But that is a different mode.

I already looked through their FAQ's

The various major-modes are loaded based on the extension of a file. Your ~/.emacs file ought to provide the link between the extension and the desired mode to use.

So, make sure the file you're working on has the right extension (I think the default is .pl for perl). If you obtained a perl-mode off the net somewhere, then you need to verify it's still on your machine. I thik major-mode files are located in ~/.elisp, and you'll need to make sure your .emacs file loads the right one.

I can't provide you with specific commands simply because I don't know them. Sorry...

Come to think of it. When the auto-indent feature worked I did call the script yadayada.pl. It was after I changed the name to a more Linux type name, meaning one without an extension, that it stopped working. I thought emacs seen the #!/us/bin/perl. Now it makes sense since all my C programs are .c.
Thank you very much. I am constantly learning about Linux.
Jeem