Function Keys Setup in perldebug

owler1 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi, I have no function key recognition when using perl -d script.pl on one of my machines, whereas on the other the same instruction works fine. The escape sequences are visible as expected but not interpreted. Its fairly clear I haven't loaded some initialisation file - but I'm blowed if I can find what. Any help gratefully received. thanks all. As requested - an update Remote Server running RH Fedora Core Remote debugging via SSH from workstation running RH linux 9 bash shell. The RH9 WS supports the function keys. The terminal definition is xterm in both locations. I hope this helps more

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Re: Function Keys Setup in perldebug by rinceWind (Monsignor) on Jan 29, 2007 at 19:04 UTC
The perl debugger, perl5db, uses the Term::ReadLine mechanism to get its command line input. Although this is core, what comes with it is merely a stub. You need to install Term::ReadLine::Perl and/or Term::ReadLine::Gnu, which support arrow keys and command history. The latter needs the readline library as a prerequisite - this library is outside perl. -- Oh Lord, won’t you burn me a Knoppix CD ? My friends all rate Windows, I must disagree. Your powers of persuasion will set them all free, So oh Lord, won’t you burn me a Knoppix CD ? (Missquoting Janis Joplin)	[reply]
Re^2: Function Keys Setup in perldebug by owler1 (Novice) on Jan 30, 2007 at 22:42 UTC
Brill Sir rinceWind Loading ReadLine::Perl worked a treat - ReadLine::Gnu failed to test and install My humble obeisances	[reply]
Re: Function Keys Setup in perldebug by ww (Archbishop) on Jan 29, 2007 at 16:26 UTC
And your machine is running ______ ? If win32, you may have issues between versions; a missing ansi.sys (or similar) or similar. If nx, the issue is likely in the support provided by a windowing system (I think). It's hard to tell with the info you provided. Please update your question so that we may better help.	[reply]