Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 13:54:38 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Cc: bde@zeta.org.au, erich@lodgenet.com, lehey.pad@sni.de, hackers@FreeBSD.org, joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, terry@lambert.org Subject: Re: using ddb to debug a double-panic? Message-ID: <199603122054.NAA06456@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <621.826609907@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Mar 11, 96 09:51:47 pm
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> > >Does anybody object to > > >emacs-style only, if the cursor functions work? > > > > Of course everyone would object :-). Mine uses wordstar style control > > keys and cursor keys for editing and Turbo Debugger style function keys > > I still think that some standards are good, and the emacs characters > have become something of a defacto standard for editing and history > manipulation. I've seen the emacs bindings in everything from bash to > the Motif text widget (as well as many others) and think that we should > follow suit. I don't know about you guys, but ^P and ^N are now wired > directly into my fingers! :-) Hm. For me, the cursor keys are wired into my fingers. And since the kernel debugger is expected to run on the console anyway... I find it suprising that people want to use anything besides cursor keys (note: the vi ^H ^J ^K ^L *are* the cursor keys on Televideo, ADM, Adds-VP, and HZ terminals -- that's the reason they are there... they are historical legacy). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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