On 14/04/2011 20:40, mark baumeister wrote:
I'm trying to use the Padre IDE for perl. From what I have read I guess it is not really a bonified IDE. However, I have read that one can at least use it to debug your code. It also has a feature to run your scripts. I have tried both of this functions with little success.
I wonder what makes you think Padre is not a bona fide IDE? It is a work in progress, and the biggest ommission is a lack of documentation, but it is largely intuitive and self-documenting and I think it is well-conceived and implemented.
If I have my .pl files in the correct directory and the program does something very simple like print out "Hello World", then when I run I get "Hello World" in the output window. However, if I try to run a program that requires input from the keyboard (<STDIN> I don't get anything in the output window. Is there another window for input?
If you enable the option 'Use external window for execution' (in Run Parameters) then this window will allow you to type values which will be delivered in STDIN. But it is very simple to change your code to either make a literal assignment my $input = "what I would have typed\n"; or read from DATA. Another alternative is to use the debugger to modify the variables.
Also, when I try to debug/step through my code, it steps through but I don't see any variables in my 'variables' window and again when it steps to a line that requires user input (<STDIN>, it seems to hang up and not do anything. Does anyone have any experience with Padre or advice how to get the supposed features to work?
You must add variables to the Debugger window whose values you want to watch. Put the cursor on the name of a variable in the code and click on the 'Display Value' toolbar icon (a pair of spectacles). The window will now update as you step through the code. HTH, Rob -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
