Also, FWIW, the Windows output contains a strange character (vertical tab?):
On 3/6/2021 7:36 PM, Ben Pfaff wrote: > How very odd! > > I do use the interactive mode occasionally, for testing. > > There are two different ways that interactive mode can work: with the > "readline" library for command editing, or without it. I tried both > of these and couldn't reproduce it on GNU/Linux. > > More and more, we need a Windows developer, if Windows is going to be > supported well. > > On Sat, Mar 6, 2021 at 5:22 PM Alan Mead <am...@alanmead.org> wrote: >> If I've ever used the interactive mode of PSPP, I cannot recall. I think >> it's broken (at least in windows). It reads the first character of each >> command as a 'p': >> >> G:\projects\pspp>"C:\Program Files (x86)\PSPP\bin\pspp.exe" >> PSPP is free software and you are welcome to distribute copies of it >> under certain conditions; type "show copying." to see the conditions. >> There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY for PSPP; type "show warranty." for details. >> GNU pspp 1.4.0-gc3c044 >> PSPP> exit >> pxit >> error: Unknown command `pxit'. >> PSPP> >> >> PSPP> exit >> pxit >> >> error: Unknown command `pxit'. >> PSPP> >> ^C >> G:\projects\pspp>"C:\Program Files (x86)\PSPP\bin\pspp.exe" >> PSPP is free software and you are welcome to distribute copies of it >> under certain conditions; type "show copying." to see the conditions. >> There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY for PSPP; type "show warranty." for details. >> GNU pspp 1.4.0-gc3c044 >> PSPP> show license >> phow license >> error: Unknown command `phow'. >> PSPP> >> >> PSPP> show license >> pshow license >> >> error: Unknown command `pshow'. >> PSPP> >> >> PSPP> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Alan D. Mead, Ph.D. >> President, Talent Algorithms Inc. >> >> science + technology = better workers >> >> https://talalg.com >> >> >> Ginsberg's Theorem: >> >> 0. There is a game. >> 1. You can't win. >> 2. You can't break even. >> 3. You can't even get out of the game. >> >> -- Alan D. Mead, Ph.D. President, Talent Algorithms Inc. science + technology = better workers http://www.alanmead.org The irony of this ... is that the Internet is both almost-infinitely expandable, while at the same time constrained within its own pre-defined box. And if that makes no sense to you, just reflect on the existence of Facebook. We have the vastness of the internet and yet billions of people decided to spend most of them time within a horribly designed, fake-news emporium of a website that sucks every possible piece of personal information out of you so it can sell it to others. And they see nothing wrong with that. -- Kieren McCarthy, commenting on why we are not all using IPv6
