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Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:38:00 -0000
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Use external editor in 'commands' command
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To: Alfredo Ortega <ortegaalfredo@gmail.com>
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> Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:47:50 -0200
> From: Alfredo Ortega <ortegaalfredo@gmail.com>
> 
> I have made a small patch to the 'commands' command to allow the use
> of an external editor to add or modify commands. This is convenient if
> you are dealing with many commands per breakpoint.
> The editor follows the behavior of the 'edit' command (/bin/ex by
> default, or the 'EDITOR' environment variable)
> 
> Tested on i686-pc-linux-gnu, please tell me what do you think about it.

If this is accepted, we will need a suitable patch for the manual.