diff -pur gdb-6.6.orig/gdb/tui/tui-io.c gdb-6.6/gdb/tui/tui-io.c
--- gdb-6.6.orig/gdb/tui/tui-io.c	2005-12-23 11:10:02.000000000 -0800
+++ gdb-6.6/gdb/tui/tui-io.c	2007-05-16 07:59:10.000000000 -0700
@@ -211,11 +211,17 @@ tui_redisplay_readline (void)
   if (tui_current_key_mode == TUI_ONE_COMMAND_MODE && rl_end == 0)
     tui_set_key_mode (TUI_SINGLE_KEY_MODE);
 
+  /* Do display prompts like ---Type <return>... even in single command
+     mode, and be able to react on such requests. */
+  prompt = tui_rl_saved_prompt;
   if (tui_current_key_mode == TUI_SINGLE_KEY_MODE)
-    prompt = "";
-  else
-    prompt = tui_rl_saved_prompt;
-  
+    {
+      if (!strcmp (tui_rl_saved_prompt, get_prompt()))
+        prompt = "";
+      else
+        tui_set_key_mode (TUI_ONE_COMMAND_MODE);
+    }
+
   c_pos = -1;
   c_line = -1;
   w = TUI_CMD_WIN->generic.handle;