After all that and whatever else it required it runs fine, I suspect, as I'ven't read the manual yet.

The only problem that comes to mind that would cause some misbehavior like this would be the TermUI.pmperhaps in conjunction with Term::ReadKey stuff getting "wackadoo" this is a wild guess. Who knows it might narrow things down.

The reason for my suspicion is that I noticed it takes much longer than I feel comfortable with to absorb a CTRL+Z and CTRL+C from the keyboard.

This might be one of those edge cases where... Perl 5.8.4 + whatever other versions of modules the user in question posesses and perhaps even more insidious whatever other versions of C style system libraries that they wrap/depend might be leaking oil so to speak with the users particular Debian (kernel/libs/perl+TK depends) stew... HTH.

Squibbie Pooh Ski Doo.

In reply to Re^3: bug in perl 5.8.4? by fraterm
in thread bug in perl 5.8.4? by bcrowell2

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