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authorBrent Dax <brentdax@cpan.org>2002-11-15 15:02:01 -0800
committerRafael Garcia-Suarez <rgarciasuarez@gmail.com>2002-11-19 21:26:21 +0000
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From: "Brent Dax" <brentdax@cpan.org> Message-ID: <034e01c28d3e$0fed1680$6501a8c0@deepblue> p4raw-id: //depot/perl@18161
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@@ -706,6 +706,14 @@ have to set the PAGER environment variable to use a specific pager.
"perldoc -f foo" will print information about the perl operator
"foo".
+One common mistake when using this port with a GUI library like C<Tk>
+is assuming that Perl's normal behavior of opening a command-line
+window will go away. This isn't the case. If you want to start a copy
+of C<perl> without opening a command-line window, use the C<wperl>
+executable built during the installation process. Usage is exactly
+the same as normal C<perl> on Win32, except that options like C<-h>
+don't work (since they need a command-line window to print to).
+
If you find bugs in perl, you can run C<perlbug> to create a
bug report (you may have to send it manually if C<perlbug> cannot
find a mailer on your system).