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Re: [RFD]: deprecate the "fg" command
- To: shebs at apple dot com
- Subject: Re: [RFD]: deprecate the "fg" command
- From: Fernando Nasser <fnasser at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 10:00:44 -0400
- CC: Michael Snyder <msnyder at cygnus dot com>, gdb at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- Organization: Red Hat , Inc. - Toronto
- References: <8gn1pc$as9$1@cronkite.cygnus.com> <392F0D07.8116804F@apple.com>
Stan Shebs wrote:
>
> Michael Snyder wrote:
> >
> > Does anybody use the "fg" command (a synonym for continue)?
> > It's been in there since 1991, but never documented. I'd like to
> > deprecate it to reduce clutter and the hazard of dangerous typos.
> > If you tried to say "f" (the frame command) and your finger hit
> > two keys by accident, the result would be an unintentional continue,
> > which is generally a bad thing.
>
> I'm agreeable. In fact, I think we discussed using "fg" and "bg" as
> commands to control multiple processes for when we implemented
> multiple-process-debugging, in which case having fg mean something
> else already would be bad.
>
Me too.
Can someone submit a patch for this using David Whedon's deprecate facility?
It seems from the text above that someone has already volunteered... ;-)
Thanks,
Fernando
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