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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>
To: Jim Blandy <jimb@codesourcery.com>
Cc: Alain Magloire <alain@qnx.com>, gdb@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: invoking GDB from FE and signals
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X-Yow: ..  I think I'd better go back to my DESK and toy with  a few common MISAPPREHENSIONS...
Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 01:17:00 -0000
In-Reply-To: <20060518225104.GF21003@brasko.net> (Bob Rossi's message of "Thu, 	18 May 2006 18:51:04 -0400")
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Bob Rossi <bob_rossi@cox.net> writes:

> Is this the prefered way of sending a single to the inferior? I am only
> now realizing how many different case's that emacs supports.

The downside of sending the signal by yourself is that you cannot signal a
privileged process, whereas the terminal driver has no such restriction.

Andreas.

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