Re: kdb wishlist

[Juan Quintela <quintela@mandrakesoft.com>]

>>>>> "slurn" == slurn  <slurn@verisign.com> writes:

>> 
>> Keith Owens wrote:
>> > 
>> > This is part of my kdb wishlist, does anybody fancy writing the code to
>> > add any of these features?  It would be a nice project for anybody
>> > wanting to start on the kernel.  Replies to kdb@oss.sgi.com please.
>> > Current patches at http://oss.sgi.com/projects/kdb/download/
>> > 
>> > * Change kdb invocation key from ^A to ^X^X^X within 3 seconds.  ^A is
>> >   used by emacs, bash, minicom etc.
>> > 
>> ^X^X swaps point and mark in emacs.  One (well, I) often will do
>> ^X^X^X^X to examine where mark is and then return to point.

slurn> How about using the break condition instead.  This is only for the
slurn> serial port, and most terminal emulators (e.g. kermit, minicom) provide
slurn> a means to generate a break condition on the serial port. 

kdb uses BREAK in the serial port (that minicom uses C-a for sending a
break is an anecdote :)  But the problem at hang is the console.  I
vote for the ^X^X^X as I a think that it is not a difficult shortcut.
(and yes, I also use emacs and ^X^X all the time, but I think that
this combination is not specially bad, and I suppose that the pet
aplication of other people will have problems with something like:
^A^A^A that I never use). 

Later, Juan.



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