From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 2314 invoked by alias); 19 Aug 2005 13:31:06 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 2297 invoked by uid 22791); 19 Aug 2005 13:31:01 -0000 Received: from eastrmmtao05.cox.net (HELO eastrmmtao05.cox.net) (68.230.240.34) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.30-dev) with ESMTP; Fri, 19 Aug 2005 13:31:01 +0000 Received: from white ([68.9.64.121]) by eastrmmtao05.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.04.00 201-2131-118-20041027) with ESMTP id <20050819133056.DUNZ15624.eastrmmtao05.cox.net@white>; Fri, 19 Aug 2005 09:30:56 -0400 Received: from bob by white with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1E66xT-0004xs-00; Fri, 19 Aug 2005 09:30:55 -0400 Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 13:31:00 -0000 From: Bob Rossi To: Greg Law Cc: gdb@sources.redhat.com, Julian Smith Subject: Re: Using C-s to forward search command history Message-ID: <20050819133055.GB18911@white> Mail-Followup-To: Greg Law , gdb@sources.redhat.com, Julian Smith References: <4305DACB.7010604@greglaw.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4305DACB.7010604@greglaw.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-SW-Source: 2005-08/txt/msg00069.txt.bz2 > If I've read the info pages correctly, I can use C-s in order to search > the command history forwards. However, this sequence also seems to be > the control sequence to suspend the terminal :-( > > Have I misunderstood, or is there a way round this? (It would be very > useful for me to be able to search forwards). This is not a GDB issue, it's a readline issue. Try doing the same thing with while using the bash shell. You might be able to remap the functionality of forward-search-history in your .inputrc. Bob Rossi