rbj@icst-cmr.arpa (Root Boy Jim) (03/09/88)
I'm getting pretty pissed off at Sun's dbx. Although I run it under SunView, and can use the mouse to grab parts of prior dbx commands, I still find myself typing csh-isms like !!, for example (dbx) print foo->list dbx prints it... (dbx) !!->head unrecognized command/syntax "!" Maybe the "one user interface for all applications" people have a point- if dbx had csh's user interface (the history and editing parts of it, anyway), people like me would have a much easier time. Maybe they do. But different tasks require different assumptions about command syntax and structure. Occaisionally this blends well, such as with emacs command line editing in tcsh or ksh. Other times things diversify. Consider filename expansion vs. regular expressions. Do you really want to type `ls .*\\.c'. Take what Sunview gives you and be happy. You can also try dbx running under Gnu Emacs. And you might take a look at gdb, the Gnu debugger. I've heard it's better than dbx. What, you mean you don't do all your debugging with `printf's :-) Dan Kegel srs!dan@cs.rochester.edu rochester!srs!dan dan%srs.uucp@SOL.cs.rochester.edu (Root Boy) Jim Cottrell <rbj@icst-cmr.arpa> National Bureau of Standards Flamer's Hotline: (301) 975-5688 Yow! Did something bad happen or am I in a drive-in movie??