Re^2: CPAN and readline on windows


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by BrowserUk (Patriarch)

on Mar 25, 2009 at 16:45 UTC ( [id://753175]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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How does CPAN use readline, and why might BrowserUk wish to disable this?

It is (apparently) used on other platforms to provide line editing, command line history etc.

The reasons I want to disable it is because:

it doesn't work on my system.
With it enabled I can neither edit the current line as I am typing, nor retrieve previous lines--even from the current session. It effectively renders all input as write-only. Make a typo and your only option is to start again from scratch.
it disables my shell's existing, perfectly functional command line editing and history facilities.

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