Re: pspp interactive mode broken

[Ben Pfaff]

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 <amead@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>
>
>
>
>
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