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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: using ddb to debug a double-panic?
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In-Reply-To: <m0twsaj-00001eC@ernie.altona.hamburg.com> from "Hellmuth Michaelis" at Mar 13, 96 04:35:57 pm
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> > 14) Alt-D: delete word forward
> > 15) Alt-F: forward word
> > 16) Alt-B: Backward word
> 
> Please remember, there is no ALT key on a serial console. Please make shure
> the debugger is usable on such a device ....

"Alt" is a meta-key.

How about "ESC-D"/"ESC-F"/"ESC-B"?  This is how meta is handled on
a lot of systems...


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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