Messages in this thread |  | | From | slurn@verisign ... | Subject | Re: kdb wishlist | Date | Tue, 8 May 2001 11:04:29 -0700 (PDT) |
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> > >>>>> "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.
Unless something has changed, the console uses the 'pause' key and the serial port uses ^A (for x86, anyway).
I may be out of date, however.
scott
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