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diff --git a/pod/perldebug.pod b/pod/perldebug.pod index dafa572840..8d2e42c1bb 100644 --- a/pod/perldebug.pod +++ b/pod/perldebug.pod @@ -891,6 +891,15 @@ in by Perl and may contain arbitrary commands, for security reasons, it must be owned by the superuser or the current user, and writable by no one but its owner. +You can mock TTY input to debugger by adding arbitrary commands to +@DB::typeahead. For example, your F<.perldb> file might contain: + + sub afterinit { push @DB::typeahead, "b 4", "b 6"; } + +Which would attempt to set breakpoints on lines 4 and 6 immediately +after debugger initilization. Note that @DB::typeahead is not a supported +interface and is subject to change in future releases. + If you want to modify the debugger, copy F<perl5db.pl> from the Perl library to another name and hack it to your heart's content. You'll then want to set your C<PERL5DB> environment variable to say |