From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 17877 invoked by alias); 29 Nov 2006 07:16:38 -0000 Received: (qmail 17862 invoked by uid 22791); 29 Nov 2006 07:16:36 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from out2.smtp.messagingengine.com (HELO out2.smtp.messagingengine.com) (66.111.4.26) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Wed, 29 Nov 2006 07:16:29 +0000 Received: from db2.internal (db2.internal [10.202.2.12]) by out1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DA8D490B4; Wed, 29 Nov 2006 02:16:28 -0500 (EST) Received: from heartbeat1.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.160]) by db2.internal (MEProxy); Wed, 29 Nov 2006 02:16:28 -0500 Received: from [150.203.45.115] (nungatta.anu.edu.au [150.203.45.115]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4265195BB; Wed, 29 Nov 2006 02:16:25 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <456D33C6.4050407@anu.edu.au> Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 07:16:00 -0000 From: John Pye User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (X11/20061115) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Joel Brobecker CC: Andrew STUBBS , gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: usability: exiting from GDB References: <456A79B5.2020505@anu.edu.au> <456AFA30.80508@st.com> <456CFDF8.10408@anu.edu.au> <20061129050452.GK9968@adacore.com> In-Reply-To: <20061129050452.GK9968@adacore.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes 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/msg00213.txt.bz2 The whole thing is that gdb is like a shell. And shells can be exited by typing ctrl-D. It's about consistency with other similar tools. That's my feeling, anyway. Joel Brobecker wrote: >> 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. > >