[RFD]: deprecate the "fg" command

[Fernando Nasser]

Stan Shebs wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 

Me too.

Can someone submit a patch for this using David Whedon's deprecate facility?
It seems from the text above that someone has already volunteered... ;-)

Thanks,
Fernando

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