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| author | Steffen Mueller <smueller@cpan.org> | 2009-05-31 21:57:24 +0200 |
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| committer | Steffen Mueller <smueller@cpan.org> | 2009-05-31 22:36:29 +0200 |
| commit | d22862789d0938361a070647ab6fe995d674f77c (patch) | |
| tree | eccf93dc62cdb7503a3755f1d6d2a0e47618d4d5 /pod/perldebug.pod | |
| parent | c494f1f4488c4f068dec8514f981347f6dae60a6 (diff) | |
| download | perl-d22862789d0938361a070647ab6fe995d674f77c.tar.gz | |
Auto-complete lexicals in the debugger shell
When typing the name of a lexical variable in the debugger shell, its
name can now be tab auto-completed just like package variables. Requires
PadWalker to be available. Silently skips lexicals if it's not.
Diffstat (limited to 'pod/perldebug.pod')
| -rw-r--r-- | pod/perldebug.pod | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perldebug.pod b/pod/perldebug.pod index 3ba73e86ae..a58e835ed6 100644 --- a/pod/perldebug.pod +++ b/pod/perldebug.pod @@ -1066,9 +1066,9 @@ have full editing capabilities much like GNU I<readline>(3) provides. Look for these in the F<modules/by-module/Term> directory on CPAN. These do not support normal B<vi> command-line editing, however. -A rudimentary command-line completion is also available. -Unfortunately, the names of lexical variables are not available for -completion. +A rudimentary command-line completion is also available, including +lexical variables in the current scope if the C<PadWalker> module +is installed. Without Readline support you may see the symbols "^[[A", "^[[C", "^[[B", "^[[D"", "^H", ... when using the arrow keys and/or the backspace key. |