Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 22:07:14 +0100 (MET) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD hackers) Subject: Re: using ddb to debug a double-panic? Message-ID: <199603132107.WAA12755@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199603131700.SAA19366@nixpbe.pdb.sni.de> from "Greg Lehey" at Mar 13, 96 05:57:07 pm
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As Greg Lehey wrote: > >> 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 .... > > Well, the Alt- commands are "nice to have", not "must have", and most > serial connections go to another machine, but if you have a suggestion > for alternative combinations, I'll certainly give them full > consideration. A prepended ESC, just like in emacs or other emacs-alike editing modi. Either syscons as pcvt (optional on PCVT_META_ESC) do even produce this sequence for Alt-<key>. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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