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Date:      Wed, 13 Mar 1996 21:35:46 +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:  <199603132035.VAA12403@uriah.heep.sax.de>
In-Reply-To: <199603131057.LAA25407@nixpbe.pdb.sni.de> from "Greg Lehey" at Mar 13, 96 11:54:08 am

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As Greg Lehey wrote:

> In addition, I think I'd like to have:
> 
> 14) Alt-D: delete word forward
> 15) Alt-F: forward word
> 16) Alt-B: Backward word

Alt-D is ``ESC D'', right?

> > The one problem is the "backspace deletes left" for terminals where
> > the cursor left key emits "^H".  In these situations, the BS key
> > becomes synonymous with the cursor left key and the "delete character
> > to left of cursor" function is lost.
> 
> I think that, under these circumstances, I'd opt for the cursor left
> function being "lost" (i.e. only available via ^B).  Recall that we're
> talking console only here, of course, so the difference is moot.

Huh?  The console can run on a (not known to DDB) serial terminal!

-- 
cheers, J"org

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