Hi zentara,

Thank you very much for your comments. I just updated the sheet to include your suggestions. Below is a sample 'perldlrc' file for those interested

Cheers,

lin0

# $HOME/.perldlrc
#
# startup file for perldl shell
# 
# This file must be placed in your home directory.
# perldl will look for it during start-up to load
# default modules, set shell variables, etc.
# If this file is not present, perldl will look for
# PDL/default.perldlrc.
# The advantage of using .perldlrc, is that you can 
# choose which modules to load by default
# 
# Note: local defaults can be set using a file named
#       local.perldlrc
#
# For more information, please, have a look at:
# http://pdl.sourceforge.net/PDLdocs/perldl.html
#

# Commands from the default startup for perldl shell.
use PDL;
use PDL::Dbg;  # Enable useful commands

# PDL waffle options (and pacify -w)
BEGIN{
   $PDL::debug = $PDL::debug = 0;
   $PDL::verbose = $PDL::verbose = 1;
}

use PDL::Doc::Perldl; # online docs module

#
# Some modules to load by default.
# Feel free to add or delete modules from the list
#
use PDL::Graphics::PGPLOT;  ## use 2D plotting package
use PDL::Graphics::PGPLOT::Window;
use PDL::Graphics::TriD;    ## use 3D plotting package
use PDL::Image2D;

#
# Loading the AutoLoader module that implements a MatLab
# style AutoLoader for PDL. If a unknown function 'func()'
# is called then a file 'func.pdl' is searched for and if
# found is read in to define 'func()' which is then executed.
# The environment variable PDLLIB defines the search path
# used when looking for the file 'func.pdl'
# e.g. in bash:
#              export PDLLIB=/home/lmr/pdllib:/local/pdllib
#      in csh:
#              setenv PDLLIB "/home/lmr/pdllib:/local/pdllib"
#
use PDL::AutoLoader;
$PDL::AutoLoader::Rescan = 1;  # Rescan .pdl files each time a prompt 
+goes out


#
# Set up perldl shell special variables
#
$PERLDL::MULTI = 1;   # Accept multi-line perl blocks
$PERLDL::NO_EOF = 1;  # Prevent from accidentally exiting perldl by ty
+ping ^D

#
# Greeting...
#
print "\nWelcome back!\n";
print "\nType 'help' or '?' for basic help.\n";

1; # Successful completion
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