Re: support for editing and history in the REPL?
On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 07:21:10PM +0300, Gabor Szabo wrote: > On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 7:16 PM, Patrick R. Michaud > wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 06:39:55PM +0300, Gabor Szabo wrote: > > Is there a list of recommended package to install before building Parrot? The Rakudo Star distribution lists recommended packages in its README (https://github.com/rakudo/star/blob/master/skel/README ). I'll move this information over to the Rakudo compiler README as well. Thanks, Pm
Re: support for editing and history in the REPL?
On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 7:16 PM, Patrick R. Michaud wrote: > On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 06:39:55PM +0300, Gabor Szabo wrote: >> hi, >> >> what do I need to install or enable in order to get a better REPL? >> >> Things like history with up and down arrow and editing capabilities? > > In Ubuntu (12.04), this requires the libreadline6-dev library to be > installed at the time Parrot is built. It's likely something similar > for other operating systems. thanks. Is there a list of recommended package to install before building Parrot? Gabor
Re: support for editing and history in the REPL?
On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 06:39:55PM +0300, Gabor Szabo wrote: > hi, > > what do I need to install or enable in order to get a better REPL? > > Things like history with up and down arrow and editing capabilities? In Ubuntu (12.04), this requires the libreadline6-dev library to be installed at the time Parrot is built. It's likely something similar for other operating systems. Pm
