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10.4 How do I use the Perl debugger with Emacs?

From Jay Rogers:

Some versions of the perl debugger itself need to be patched to work with emacs. They are perl versions 5.001 and less, and version 5.004_01. To fix, locate and change the code similar to the following code in lib/perl5db.pl

        if (-e "/dev/tty") {
            $console = "/dev/tty";
            $rcfile=".perldb";
        }
        elsif (-e "con") {
            $console = "";                 <---- change "con" to ""
            $rcfile="perldb.ini";
        }
        else {
            $console = "sys\$command";
            $rcfile="perldb.ini";
        }

Doug Campbell also has some suggestions for improving the interaction of perldb and Emacs.