From: Clifford Sobchuk
Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 2:35 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Perldl] PDL2.4.11 pdl2 shell Win 7 ActivePerl 5.14.3 64 bit -
term-readline problems
when I enter the pdl2 shell I have no line editing, no history, even
though the .perldl_hist file is there and being updated.
I've just installed all the stuff needed for the pdl2 shell on x64
perl-5.16.0 (MS Windows 7) and I probably get the same as Clifford (OP).
I can't use the arrow keys to move around on the current line, and I can't
use them to get back to a previous line.
Chris, do we need a specific setting for $ENV{TERM} ? (Mine is currently
unset.)
If I set it to 'dumb', I then get the desired behaviour back ... but it
seems that 'dumb' is *not* the recommended setting.
FYI, I get the following when I fire up the pdl2 shell with TERM unset:
=======================================
C:\_32>pdl2
load_rcfile: got $HOME = C:/Users/sisyphus
load_rcfile: loading PDL/default.pdl
Perldl2 Shell v0.007
PDL comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. For details, see the file
'COPYING' in the PDL distribution. This is free software and you
are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions, see
the same file for details.
Loaded plugins:
CleanErrors
Commands
Completion
CompletionDriver::INC
CompletionDriver::Keywords
CompletionDriver::LexEnv
CompletionDriver::Methods
DDS
FindVariable
History
LexEnv
MultiLine::PPI
NiceSlice
PDLCommands
Packages
PrintControl
ReadLineHistory
Type 'help' for online help
Type Ctrl-D or quit to exit
Loaded PDL v2.004_012
=======================================
If I set TERM to dumb, pdl2 shell functionality is vastly improved, but I
get
=======================================
C:\_32>pdl2
load_rcfile: got $HOME = C:/Users/sisyphus
load_rcfile: loading PDL/default.pdl
******************************************
* Warning: TERM type is dumb! *
* Limited ReadLine functionality will be *
* available. Please unset TERM or use a *
* different terminal type. *
******************************************
Perldl2 Shell v0.007
PDL comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. For details, see the file
'COPYING' in the PDL distribution. This is free software and you
are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions, see
the same file for details.
Loaded plugins:
CleanErrors
Commands
Completion
CompletionDriver::INC
CompletionDriver::Keywords
CompletionDriver::LexEnv
CompletionDriver::Methods
DDS
FindVariable
History
LexEnv
MultiLine::PPI
NiceSlice
PDLCommands
Packages
PrintControl
ReadLineHistory
Type 'help' for online help
Type Ctrl-D or quit to exit
Loaded PDL v2.004_012
=======================================
Seems that the advice to unset TERM is *not* the right thing for Windows 7.
Or might it depend on the version of one of the pre-requisite modules ?
Cheers,
Rob
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