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Re: [RFD]: deprecate the "fg" command


Michael Snyder wrote:
> 
> Does anybody use the "fg" command (a synonym for continue)?
> It's been in there since 1991, but never documented.  I'd like to
> deprecate it to reduce clutter and the hazard of dangerous typos.
> If you tried to say "f" (the frame command) and your finger hit
> two keys by accident, the result would be an unintentional continue,
> which is generally a bad thing.

I'm agreeable.  In fact, I think we discussed using "fg" and "bg" as
commands to control multiple processes for when we implemented
multiple-process-debugging, in which case having fg mean something
else already would be bad.

Stan

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