Re: [Cgdb-users] key bindings

[Peter K. <pe...@ko...>]

On Wed, Aug 18, 2004 at 01:35:22AM -0400, Mike Mueller wrote:
> > 2.  I can't seem to get vi mode in readline in cgdb. Is it
> > allowed? It works in plain gdb.
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> I just realized this will not work because CGDB catches <ESC> and does its
> own thing, so you'll never be able to send <ESC> to gdb/readline.  Our
> current use of ESC/i makes it impossible...
>=20
> Thinking about this more generally, if we do what we plan on doing, which
> is that ESC/i does the 'normal' vi command/insert mode switching (but
> doesn't change the focused window), readline's vi-mode won't work either.=
=20
> In either case, we're snagging the <ESC> key before you can send it to
> gdb.

Isn't that going to be true no matter what your escape key is?  Perhaps
you need a meta escape key, like Ctrl-V.  If you want to actually send
an escape to the debugged process, you do a <ctrl-v><esc>, or something
like that.

- Peter

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Peter D. Kovacs <pe...@ko...>