Re: show-and-tell snippets

>   JP> Two xterms; the editor (vi) in one, and the other for running
>   JP> the script at the shell prompt.  Or, if the script is a cgi,
>   JP> one xterm for the editor, and a web browser.
> 
> or even in emacs, a text buffer and shell window to run it in. i think
> there is some support for this so you can just do a keystroke and run
> the current buffer as a perl script. i use the separate xterm as JP
> does. the emacs window has the advantages of searching. i don't know it
> will clear the window each time it runs. in an emacs shell, it doesn't
> so you have history and you can save it as well.

if you prefer vi "vile" supports multi-buffer editing and will
run your program in the debugger via ^X!, dumping the output into
a separate output buffer.

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