Re: Pending breakpoints and scripts

Daniel Jacobowitz
2004-02-17T19:41:17Z

On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 02:39:05PM -0500, Andrew Cagney wrote:
> >On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 02:24:32PM -0500, Andrew Cagney wrote:
> >
> >>>The real problem here is with batch scripts, the change breaks existing
> >
> >>>>script behavior (which is never a good thing).
> >>>>
> >>>>How about this, we introduce:
> >>>> nquery()
> >>>> yquery()
> >>>>where the default (batch mode, and when return is pressed is n/y
> >>>>respectively). We'd need the language police to look over the
> >>interface >>but should otherwize be ok.
> >
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Works for me.
> >
> >>
> >>Lets see if we can pin down the interface (adding JeffJ to the CC list):
> >>
> >>nquery("A question?")
> >>
> >> A question? [n]:
> >>
> >> - press return => implied "n"
> >> - batch mode => implied "n"
> >
> >
> >How would you feel about "[n/y]"? Otherwise, I like this.
>
> As in?

nquery("A question?");
A question? (n or y) <CURSOR>

or

A question? [n/y]: <CURSOR>

Simply to clarify that it is a yes-no question.

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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer