On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 1:18 AM, Gabor Szabo <szab...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 5:08 AM, Peng Yu <pengyu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> It seems that there are more than one choices of perl interactive >> shells. I'm wondering which one is best or most popular. > > I don't think there is a *best* one. There might be one that fits most > your situation and your experience level. A couple of choices: > > You can start using the built in debugger by typing > > perl -d script.pl
In a 'perl -d', I try the following command, but it seems that it is not working as I expected. Can I input any arbitrary perl commands in the 'perl -d' session as if it is running by a perl interpreter? DB<10> my $count = 10; DB<11> print $count+1, "\n"; 1 DB<12> print $count, "\n"; DB<13> print "$count \n"; > It is a very powerful command line debugger. > > > You can install Tk and Devel::ptkdb and then run your script via > > perl -d:ptkdb script.pl > > you get a debugger with a GUI. > > > > You could buy Komodo from ActiveState, it comes with a debugger or > install Eclipse + EPIC which has a debugger or you could try > Padre, the Perl IDE which just recently - about a week ago - got its > own debugger. > > While the debugger in Padre is not on par yet with the others, I'd be > especially happy if you > tried it and reported any issues or any specific feature you need so > we can include it in the > next version. http://padre.perlide.org/ > > Gabor > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
