From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 11410 invoked by alias); 29 Nov 2006 05:04:41 -0000 Received: (qmail 11385 invoked by uid 22791); 29 Nov 2006 05:04:35 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from nile.gnat.com (HELO nile.gnat.com) (205.232.38.5) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Wed, 29 Nov 2006 05:04:28 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by filtered-nile.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1986348CFD3; Wed, 29 Nov 2006 00:04:26 -0500 (EST) Received: from nile.gnat.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (nile.gnat.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 05117-01-2; Wed, 29 Nov 2006 00:04:25 -0500 (EST) Received: from takamaka.act-europe.fr (unknown [70.71.0.212]) by nile.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEA3548CBD8; Wed, 29 Nov 2006 00:04:25 -0500 (EST) Received: by takamaka.act-europe.fr (Postfix, from userid 1000) id BEFC434C099; Tue, 28 Nov 2006 21:04:52 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 05:04:00 -0000 From: Joel Brobecker To: John Pye Cc: Andrew STUBBS , gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: usability: exiting from GDB Message-ID: <20061129050452.GK9968@adacore.com> References: <456A79B5.2020505@anu.edu.au> <456AFA30.80508@st.com> <456CFDF8.10408@anu.edu.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <456CFDF8.10408@anu.edu.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2006-11/txt/msg00210.txt.bz2 > I think that the 'Quit' message is great. But instead of *suggesting*, > it should ask for confirmation: "Ctrl-C pressed from GDB console. Do you > want to exit? (y or n)". Then this confirmation could be turned off > somewhere in the configuration settings. I must say, as a user, this behavior would sure surprise me. I don't understand what the problem is with hitting 'q' followed by Enter. When you think about it, the suggestion above makes it even longer than it already is. -- Joel