I don't see this (ActiveState Perl build 806 on XP Pro). Grasping at straws, what version of perl is this? Is it ActiveState? Does the debugger say anything about ReadLine support when it starts up? If you say perl -MCPAN -eshell, does that say anything about ReadLine support when it starts up? What does SET TERM show? How about SET PERL_RL? Does entering SET PERL_RL= o=0(thats 'equal','space','little-oh','equal','zero') at the command prompt fix it?

In reply to Re: Stymied by formatting characters by ysth
in thread Stymied by formatting characters by sailorsonoftailor

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