Problem with Open Perl IDE

[cbr]

Hi all,
I'm using the Open Perl IDE to play around with Perl.
The IDE seems to work pretty well but there's one thing
driving me crazy. While stepping thru the code, output
appears in the Output window as expected. But when the
last statement is done, that output disappears from the
output window ! Or rather, it becomes invisible. It's
still there, because when I open the 'Preferences' window
I can see it again. When I close that window, the output
once more becomes invisible.
Would this be intended behaviour ? Thanks for any ideas.

Chris

 

[cbr]

I should have looked harder before posting... Did not realize
there's a 'Passive Console' with its own color settings, and
it was set to black on black (yes I had been messing with
the color scheme...). All's fine now. It's a great IDE !

Thanks.

 

[Michele Dondi]

I'm using the Open Perl IDE to play around with Perl.

Unfortunately I can't help you with this: even if I have occasionally
toyed with the idea of trying out some IDE first or later, my generic
answer remains "use a real editor"! Yes, it's an answer with an
attitude, but undoubtedly with a kidding tone, so hopefully you won't
take it as a personal offence. But then if you really want to use and
IDE I've heard good cmts recently about a Java development tool for
which someone has created an extension dedicated to Perl, and AFAIK
it's not listed in 'perldoc -q IDE'. I can't remember its name,
though...


Michele

 

[Mladen Gogala]

I can't remember its name,
though...

Eclipse. It's called "Eclipse Platform". More can be
seen on www.eclipse.org

 

[Peter Wyzl]

: On 23 Dec 2004 05:39:16 -0800, "cbr" <[email protected]>
: wrote:
:
: >I'm using the Open Perl IDE to play around with Perl.
:
: Unfortunately I can't help you with this: even if I have occasionally
: toyed with the idea of trying out some IDE first or later, my generic
: answer remains "use a real editor"! Yes, it's an answer with an
: attitude, but undoubtedly with a kidding tone, so hopefully you won't
: take it as a personal offence. But then if you really want to use and
: IDE I've heard good cmts recently about a Java development tool for
: which someone has created an extension dedicated to Perl, and AFAIK
: it's not listed in 'perldoc -q IDE'. I can't remember its name,
: though...


Perlbuilder from Solutionsoft http://www.solutionsoft.com/
Komodo from Activestate http://www.activestate.com/

No doubt there are many others. I am having trouble getting my head around
the idea of a Java IDE to write Perl (had a look on their site quickly but
didn't find much, though I understand it is supposed to be 'language
independent". Didn't Larry say "Nothing can parse Perl but perl"?).

Also wonder what you mean by "a real editor"? I always thought the 'real
editor' was the person, anything else is just a tool...

 

[Mladen Gogala]

Also wonder what you mean by "a real editor"? I always thought the 'real
editor' was the person, anything else is just a tool...

Real editor is called "vi" or "vim". There are also abominations like
emacs, but vi-faithful will never use emacs, even if their life depended
on it.

 

[Michele Dondi]

Also wonder what you mean by "a real editor"? I always thought the 'real
editor' was the person, anything else is just a tool...

Nice joke! However I guess it is relatively clear I meant anything
like emacs, vi(m), etc. (personally I use jed, fundamentally a
lightweight emacs clone with IDE/CUA-like keybindings.)


Michele

 

[Michele Dondi]

Eclipse. It's called "Eclipse Platform". More can be
seen on www.eclipse.org

That's exactly what I meant. I have never seen it myself, let alone
used it. I hope the (good) rumors I heard about it are trustworthy.


Michele