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I was getting the same error on Mint 20.2. Adding the following to my ~/.bashrc fixed it :

export NO_AT_BRIDGE=1

Hi BitBlazer, thanks for the tip. The IDE has many great features, but it's not a modal editor like Vim. Sure, I can set up shortcuts which will reduce "mouse mileage", but they won't eliminate it completely. Editing consists mainly of typing and manipulating text, which in Vim can ALL be done ...

Not sure why you think I have a problem with the IDE? But as you ask, I'm a long time Vim user which makes it hard to use any other editor. If the IDE (which is very good) had Vim bindings I would definitely use it, but I don't think that's going to happen.

Thanks, I didn't see that section in the help file. It seems there were 77 changes and 37 removals since version 4.0. Of course there were lots of additions too, including Maps, which aren't mentioned in the book. I've just discovered ninelizards.com, which is very helpful for learning and more up ...

The book is 15 years old. I just wanted to ask whether everything in it is still valid. You've answered my question, thanks!

Hi guys,

I'm just starting out with PB and am learning from Kales's book, which is very good and easy to understand. The book is pretty old and there have been many additions to the libraries and language since it was written but I'm assuming they will all be backwards compatible with version 4.0 ...