> -----Original Message----- > From: Harry Putnam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2002 3:13 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Debugging the debugger > > > Just going thru the debug tutorial: > perldoc perldebtut > Following along having writen the example script to disk. > I notice any `p' commands gives me a line with the first character > chopped off. > > Like when the tutorial gets to the part where you `p $key', I get > elcome instead of Welcome. Actually it seems to print the line into > my xterm like: > > DB<2> p $key w > elcome > > Notice the `w' way to the right there. This appears to possibly be > TERM related. $echo $TERM shows xterm. My setup is: > OS = Redhat 7.3 > Xwin setup Gnome/sawfish > > Running debugger in an xterm (not gnome-terminal) > > Anyone have an idea what might be causing this? > Can it be readline?
I have this problem using Putty and FreeBSD. I was able to fix it by adding the following to my .bashrc: export "PERL_RL= o=0" This was documented in perldoc Term::ReadLine. Not sure exactly why it works... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
