#481 perldoc on mac problem

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I can't use perldoc from EPIC, but from command line it works. If I try to use perldoc I get the message "Documentation not available."
My system is MacOSX 10.4.11, EPIC 0.6.20,
Eclipse 3.3.2.R33x_r20071022 including RCP Patch 1 (v20071204) and 2 (v20080102)

I have been using EPIC a total of 1 day.

Some info from a logfile which may be of some use:

!SESSION 2008-02-25 14:27:49.535 -----------------------------------------------
eclipse.buildId=M20071023-1652
java.version=1.5.0_13
java.vendor=Apple Computer, Inc.
BootLoader constants: OS=macosx, ARCH=x86, WS=carbon, NL=en_US
Framework arguments: -keyring /Users/mattheww/.eclipse_keyring -showlocation
Command-line arguments: -os macosx -ws carbon -arch x86 -keyring /Users/mattheww/.eclipse_keyring -consoleLog -showlocation

!ENTRY org.eclipse.ui.workbench 2 0 2008-02-25 14:28:43.891
!MESSAGE A handler conflict occurred. This may disable some commands.
!SUBENTRY 1 org.eclipse.ui.workbench 2 0 2008-02-25 14:28:43.891
!MESSAGE Conflict for 'org.epic.perleditor.commands.clearMarker':
HandlerActivation(commandId=org.epic.perleditor.commands.clearMarker,
handler=ActionDelegateHandlerProxy(null,org.epic.perleditor.actions.DefaultRetargetEditorDelegate),
expression=AndExpression(ViewerContributionExpression(#PerlEditorContext,null,org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchWindow@9e7782),WorkbenchWindowExpression(org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchWindow@9e7782)),sourcePriority=-2147467264)
HandlerActivation(commandId=org.epic.perleditor.commands.clearMarker,
handler=ActionDelegateHandlerProxy(null,org.epic.perleditor.actions.DefaultRetargetEditorDelegate),
expression=AndExpression(ViewerContributionExpression(#PerlEditorContext,null,org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchWindow@9e7782),WorkbenchWindowExpression(org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchWindow@9e7782)),sourcePriority=-2147467264)

[Jan Ploski]

Logged In: YES
user_id=86907
Originator: NO

What happens if you run this script? This is exactly what EPIC runs to obtain perldoc for 'print':

use Env qw(@PERL5LIB);

splice(@PERL5LIB, 0, 0, @INC);
exec('perldoc -t -f "print"');

Note that it may be an issue with an invalid value of the PATH environment variable when you run Eclipse. I don't know how you set PATH on Mac and whether it differs between command line and an application. In any case 'perldoc' must be available in PATH for this to work.

[Oliver Trosien]

Fixed in 0.7.1