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- From: lwall@netlabs.com (Larry Wall)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
- Subject: Re: perl -de 0 question
- Message-ID: <1992Aug18.170152.2909@netlabs.com>
- Date: 18 Aug 92 17:01:52 GMT
- References: <1992Aug18.063546.27061@cactus.org>
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- In article <1992Aug18.063546.27061@cactus.org> cheselka@cactus.org (Michael R. M. Cheselka) writes:
- : I know how to get perl up and running in an interactive mode. However, how
- : can I save my work when I am done?
-
- You could probably cobble up something using dumpvar.pl to save all your
- variables, but it'd be gory.
-
- : Also, can I "set ignoreeof"? I seem to get droped out of perl alot.
-
- You could make your own private perldb.pl and change the line that reads
-
- $cmd eq '' && exit 0;
-
- to
-
- $cmd eq '' && (seek(IN, 0, 1), next CMD);
-
- : Finally, does anyone have a simple program in
- : perl that uses termcap? I am looking for some kind of emacs style text
- : entry example, esp. moving back and forth between lines( C^n and C^p) with
- : a menu.
-
- Check out Tom's Christiansen's plum program. I don't know as I'd call it
- "simple", but you can find a lot of good stuff in it.
-
- Larry
-