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- From: tim@aplcenmp.apl.jhu.edu (Tim Pugh)
- Subject: Re: A few small changes for 3.1 (Edit and gdb)
- Message-ID: <Bzrsr0.830@aplcenmp.apl.jhu.edu>
- Organization: Johns Hopkins Continuing Professional Programs
- References: <lj6sbkINNhg9@news.bbn.com> <1992Dec21.162400.20097@newshost.lanl.gov>
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 15:37:47 GMT
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- silbar@cantina.lanl.gov (Dick Silbar) writes:
-
- >In article <lj6sbkINNhg9@news.bbn.com> aking@BBN.COM (Allen King) writes:
- >>
- >> Here are a few little nuisances I've found with 3.0 which maybe
- >> NeXT could clean up before 3.1 comes out. Perhaps others have found
- >> them too, perhaps not. Other's may want to add to the list too. I'd
- >> hate to have a new release come out without them, just because NeXT
- >> didn't think of them and nobody thought to mention them, especially if
- >> they are easy ;-).
- >> [munch on a list of nuisances and good suggestions]
-
- >One thing about the Edit/gdb combination that annoys me is that I like,
- >while stepping thru code, to jump about and print out various things, so
- >see what happened in a given step. But then I often lose track of where
- >the program actually is. It would be nice if Edit's cursor returned to
- >the next line to be processed.
-
- > Dick Silbar
-
- One addition that should be both easy to make and quite useful is to follow
- the example set by the Stuart terminal emulator by adding an "extent" option
- to the print pannel. This allows one to print: all, selection, visible.
- I have found this to be extremely useful.
-
- Tim Pugh
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