> Geez, I would hope that the NEWS would mention it.

Good point, the attached, which I've committed, includes a NEWS entry.

> (gdb) apropos prompt
> end -- Ends a list of commands or actions
> set prompt -- Set gdb's prompt
> set prompt-escape-char -- Set escape character for formatting of gdb's prompt
> show prompt -- Show gdb's prompt
> show prompt-escape-char -- Show escape character for formatting of gdb's prompt
> 
> I was tempted to use that feature for my front end, but decided not too.

I'd like to know how :-)  It isn't documented and its behavior, without 
very careful study of the source, is impossible to decipher and pretty 
much guarenteed to be non-portable :-(

Andrew