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Re: Patch: make "!" a command unconditionally


>>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Cagney <ac131313@cygnus.com> writes:

Andrew> From memory this has been suggested before.  The problem pointed out
Andrew> last time was that you need to specify:

Andrew> 	``!'' <space> <command>

I suggested it last time but didn't supply a patch.
I agree it would be nice to eliminate the space.
That's probably more than a 20 second hack though :-(

Andrew> I think there also may have been a debate over ``!'' as a
Andrew> shell escape vs ``!'' for history.  (personally it didn't
Andrew> worry me).  Fernando?

This doesn't bother me either.  For these kinds of tools "!" is more
typically a shell escape.

Speaking of history, I wish gdb would pick up bash's "C-o"
(operate-and-get-next) binding.

Tom

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