Re: kdb wishlist

From: mirabilos (eccesys@topmail.de)
Date: Tue May 08 2001 - 13:15:13 EST


> * Change kdb invocation key from ^A to ^X^X^X within 3 seconds. ^A is
> used by emacs, bash, minicom etc.

Why not Alt-SysRq-D (like Debug) or so?

> * Command history. Handle up/down/left/right/delete keys. Each
> kdba_io routine is responsible for recognising the arch specific
> keys, with a common history and editting routine.

yes!

> * Clean up repeating commands. Pressing enter at the kdb prompt
> repeats the previous command, no matter what the previous command
> was. Some commands it makes no sense to repeat (bp in particular),
> for other commands you want to repeat the command but without the
> parameter (md in particular).

Should be configurable. Sometimes I accidentally hit enter or do it
just to do something...

-mirabilos

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