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remote/1762: 'X' packet documentation misleading


>Number:         1762
>Category:       remote
>Synopsis:       'X' packet documentation misleading
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Aug 27 07:58:00 UTC 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Nigel Hathaway
>Release:        6.1
>Organization:
>Environment:
arm-elf-gdb, i686-cygwin
>Description:
The documentation says: "The characters $, # and 0x7d are escaped using 0x7d."

It mentions nothing about exclusive-or-ing with 0x20. Why is this done anyway?

I initially blamed the compiler...
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:
The characters $, # and 0x7d are exclusive-or'ed with 0x20 and then escaped using 0x7d.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:


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