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From: steve-t@hpfcso.HP.COM (Steve Taylor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: hpterm vs. xterm
Message-ID: <7370301@hpfcso.HP.COM>
Date: 1 Feb 91 20:17:04 GMT
References: <1991Feb1.130150*Steinar.Haug@elab-runit.sintef.no>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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// Steinar.Haug@elab-runit.sintef.no (Steinar Haug) // asks:
| Should we simply switch to xterm as the default? 

One thing to consider, if you plan to use xdb or cdb, is that the full-screen
mode of the symbolic debugger requires hpterm rather than xterm.  However,
this doesn't mean you have to use hpterm for everything.  You can define
a couple of scripts, say "wxdb":
	eval `/usr/bin/X11/resize`
	/usr/bin/xdb -i $T -o $T -e $T $@
and "Xxdb":
	export T=`tty`
	/usr/bin/X11/hpterm -name Xxdb -e wxdb $@
which will allow you to invoke the debugger by saying:
	Xxdb <other_xdb_options> objfile
This has two advantages:  it runs xdb in an hpterm window even if you
otherwise use xterm windows, and it gives xdb it's own window while
leaving communication with the process being debugged in the original
(xterm) window.
						Regards, Steve taylor

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