mike@MiguelDeskXFCE20B:~$ perldoc -D CGI
Ending switch processing.  Args are [CGI] with 0 errors.
Pagers: /usr/bin/sensible-pager, more, less, pg, view, cat/usr/bin/per
+ldoc => Pod::Perldoc v3.2801

Formatter class Pod::Perldoc::ToText version 3.28 successfully loaded!
Will format with the class Pod::Perldoc::ToText
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mike@MiguelDell ~ $ perldoc -D CGI
Ending switch processing.  Args are [CGI] with 0 errors.
Pagers: /usr/bin/sensible-pagermorelesspgviewcat/usr/bin/perldoc => Po
+d::Perldoc v3.25

Formatter class Pod::Perldoc::ToTerm version 3.25 successfully loaded!
Will format with the class Pod::Perldoc::ToTerm
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Thanks! :)

It should load Pod::Perldoc::ToTerm, could you please check if an explicit -oterm loads it?

If it's available, I can't tell from this output why it's not chosen. (apart from the missing commas)

probably comparing the ENV variables sheds some light.

I'd also play with setting PERLDOCDEBUG

> Having PERLDOCDEBUG set to a positive integer will make perldoc emit even more descriptive output than the -D switch does; the higher the number, the more it emits.

If this doesn't give a clue I'm afraid I'm out of ideas.

Cheers Rolf
_{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
Wikisyntax for the Monastery}

If I run perldoc -oterm junk2
all I get is as below, with "ESC" in Inverse color (ie: not rendered graphically)


ESC[1mESC[1mBold headingESC[0mESC[0m
    *   ESC[4mItalic itemESC[0m

        Description of the first argument.

    *   ESC[4malso ItalicESC[0m

        Description of the second argument.

/tmp/cXitYT435j (END)
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As I said, only perldoc -oman junk2 actually renders the Bold, italic etc.