NAME

Devel::Trepan -- A new Perl debugger

SUMMARY

A modular, testable gdb-like debugger in the style of the Ruby trepanning debuggers.

It supports syntax highlighting via Syntax::Highlight::Perl::Improved, a command completion (and history) via GNU ReadLine via Term::ReadLine::Perl or Term::ReadLine::Gnu, and interactive shell support via Psh or Devel::REPL.

DESCRIPTION

From a shell:

    bash$ trepan.pl [trepan-opts] perl-program [perl-program-opts]

Or for those who prefer the traditional Perlish way:

    bash$ perl -d:Trepan perl-program [perl-program-opts]

Calling the debugger from inside your Perl program using Joshua ben Jore's Enbugger:

        # This needs to be done once and could even be in some sort of 
        # conditional code
        require Enbugger; Enbugger->load_debugger( 'trepan' );

        # work, work, work...
        # Oops! there was an error! Enable the debugger now!
        Enbugger->stop;  # or Enbugger->stop if ... 

AUTHORS

Rocky Bernstein

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2011, 2012 Rocky Bernstein <rocky@cpan.org>

This program is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

The program is free software. You may distribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation (either version 2 or any later version) and the Perl Artistic License as published by O’Reilly Media, Inc. Please open the files named gpl-2.0.txt and Artistic for a copy of these licenses.