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in thread CPAN and readline on windows

Hm. A nice theory bites the dust ;(

Is $ENV{EDITOR} being set by cygwin or similar? Even if you don't make use of it.


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Re^23: CPAN and readline on windows
by syphilis (Archbishop) on Mar 29, 2009 at 02:09 UTC
    A nice theory bites the dust

    Don't be too quick to write it off - let's just say that the jury is still out (and probably will be for quite some time).
    One day something will crop up that will lead to that "aaaaah" moment.

    I can't see anything in my environment variables that could be causing different behaviour. Here's the full list on my XP laptop:
    ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users APPDATA=C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Application Data CLIENTNAME=Console CommonProgramFiles=C:\Program Files\Common Files COMPUTERNAME=ACER-RT1U8HQ3DR ComSpec=C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe FP_NO_HOST_CHECK=NO FTP_PASSIVE=1 HOMEDRIVE=C: HOMEPATH=\Documents and Settings\Owner LOGONSERVER=\\ACER-RT1U8HQ3DR NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=1 OS=Windows_NT Path=C:\perl510_M\5.10.0\bin;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS +\System32\Wbem PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86 PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 9, GenuineIntel PROCESSOR_LEVEL=15 PROCESSOR_REVISION=0209 ProgramFiles=C:\Program Files PROMPT=$P$G SESSIONNAME=Console SystemDrive=C: SystemRoot=C:\WINDOWS TEMP=C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp TERM=dumb TMP=C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp USERDOMAIN=ACER-RT1U8HQ3DR USERNAME=Owner USERPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\Owner VSCOMNTOOLS="C:\vsnet\Common7\Tools\" windir=C:\WINDOWS
    Cheers,
    Rob

        "aaaaah"!