Re: kdb wishlist

[slurn@verisign.com]

> 
> >>>>> "slurn" == slurn  <slurn@verisign.com> writes:
> 
> >> 
> >> Keith Owens wrote:
> >> > 
> >> > This is part of my kdb wishlist, does anybody fancy writing the code to
> >> > add any of these features?  It would be a nice project for anybody
> >> > wanting to start on the kernel.  Replies to kdb@oss.sgi.com please.
> >> > Current patches at http://oss.sgi.com/projects/kdb/download/
> >> > 
> >> > * Change kdb invocation key from ^A to ^X^X^X within 3 seconds.  ^A is
> >> >   used by emacs, bash, minicom etc.
> >> > 
> >> ^X^X swaps point and mark in emacs.  One (well, I) often will do
> >> ^X^X^X^X to examine where mark is and then return to point.
> 
> slurn> How about using the break condition instead.  This is only for the
> slurn> serial port, and most terminal emulators (e.g. kermit, minicom) provide
> slurn> a means to generate a break condition on the serial port. 
> 
> kdb uses BREAK in the serial port (that minicom uses C-a for sending a
> break is an anecdote :)  But the problem at hang is the console.  I
> vote for the ^X^X^X as I a think that it is not a difficult shortcut.
> (and yes, I also use emacs and ^X^X all the time, but I think that
> this combination is not specially bad, and I suppose that the pet
> aplication of other people will have problems with something like:
> ^A^A^A that I never use). 
> 
> Later, Juan.

Unless something has changed, the console uses the 'pause' 
key and the serial port uses ^A (for x86, anyway).

I may be out of date, however.

scott