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Re: Perl under cygwin in CPAN problem
- From: Linda Walsh <cygwin at tlinx dot org>
- To: "Gerrit P. Haase" <freeweb at nyckelpiga dot de>
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 16:20:46 -0800
- Subject: Re: Perl under cygwin in CPAN problem
- References: <43D4627B.5070700@tlinx.org> <9135256335.20060131221849@familiehaase.de>
Hi Gerrit,
Yeah, for most purposes hitting Enter gives
you what you need, but something was weird was
going on. The problem went away after I - (ug)
rebooted. Have no idea how it happened -- had closed
out the CMD-window and started with fresh windows,
exiting all cygwin programs, but that didn't make it
go away. Then I tried a reboot, since I couldn't think
of anything else and the problem went away.
I don't usually think of rebooting to solve a problem
on XP, as it isn't the standard "catchall" like it was
under Win9x based systems.
The nuances of Enter not being the same as a CR-LF
are usually only important in something other than the
standard "cooked" tty mode. I believe the CPAN scripts
may have been using one of these modes.
Gerrit P. Haase wrote:
I don't think I get this right. How do I distinguish between
LF and CR? Just hitting <ENTER> at the keyboard should do it?
In the unix or linux tty-based world, ENTER, usually, is the same
as a control-m, while linefeed is usually a control-j. In
the standard "cooked" input mode, a control-m is accepted the
same as though one typed control-j.
Linda
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