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On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 9:08 PM, Xibo Ning <xning@redhat.com> wrote: > if xterm exists, then use it; if xterm doesn't > exist, then try terminal emulation applications one bye one *All* terminal emulation applications? Does it support TeraTerm, PuTTY, Reflection, DECTerm, Apple Terminal, iTerm2, GLTerm, and the various Java- and Javascript-based emulators that run in a browser, to mention only the ones I've used recently? Does it support starting these applications under all the different shells and command-line interfaces where commands to start them may be found? Does it support actual, physical VT520 terminals? If the answer to any of these things is no, I'm fine with that. I don't think the Perl debugger should have intimate knowledge of anything but Perl. Hard-coded information about specific devices and how to use them in specific environments is highly susceptible to bit rot and maintainability problems. We probably shouldn't have such things in the Perl debugger and we certainly shouldn't add any more.Thread Previous | Thread Next