[Bug gdb/10688] New: rev abbreviation for reverse-search no longer works

["konrad dot schwarz at siemens dot com" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>]

The addition of the reverse execution commands (reverse-search, ...) has broken
the command abbreviation "rev" for reverse-search.

On the other hand, the ninth edition of the GDB manual documents rev as the
official abbreviation for reverse-search.

Please reinstate this behavior!

Typing reverse-search just to disambiguate it from the reverse execution
commands, which are supported for a tiny number of platforms, is too painful
---yes, I know about autocompletion, but it doesn't/hasn't work/ed for all
platforms.  Furthermore, the original designers of GDB clearly intended and
documented rev to mean reverse-search, and it has for many releases.

s always means step, so GDB supports "hard-wired" abbreviations.

Thanks,

Konrad Schwarz

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           Summary: rev abbreviation for reverse-search no longer works
           Product: gdb
           Version: 6.8
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: gdb
        AssignedTo: unassigned at sourceware dot org
        ReportedBy: konrad dot schwarz at siemens dot com
                CC: gdb-prs at sourceware dot org
  GCC host triplet: GNU gdb (GDB; openSUSE 11.1) 6.8.50.20081120-cvs


http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10688

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