[Pdx-pm] traversing (and accessing values in) a hash of hashes
Steven Adams
mongers at nwtechops.com
Sun Dec 12 16:36:48 CST 2004
On Sun, 2004-12-12 at 13:15 -0800, Ben Prew wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 11:09:59 -0800, Steven Adams <mongers at nwtechops.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Because using perldoc in the Windows command line is _painful_
> >
> > Never tried it. What makes perldoc so painful in Windows?
>
> Imagine using more, without searching capabilities, without being able
> to go backwards in a document and only allowed to page over a single
> page, or having to specify the number of lines you want to move
> forward.
>
> Basically, instead of getting to use 'more' under Linux, you get
> 'type' under windows.
>
> Fortunately, the ActiveState distro comes with .html documentation,
> which I end up using, so I only use perldoc under windows when I'm
> forced to, or if I know exactly how many pages down the item I'm
> looking for is.
Set the line buffer to something huge and use the windows scroll bar.
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Steven Adams <mongers at nwtechops.com>
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