[MPICH] Keyboard input with -gdb option?

[James Frye]

Hi,

I'm trying to use the -gdb option of mpiexec, but am running into a rather 
annoying problem.  It seems that whatever function is used to pass 
keystrokes to the debugger instances must bypass normal keyboard handling, 
because nothing other than the alphanumeric keys seem to work.  For 
instance, if I try to use the backspace key to correct a typo, it writes 
^H to the screen, and appends a literal ^H to the input buffer.  That mean 
that I essentially have to type everything perfectly, or my debugging 
session crashes.

Since that sort of manual dexterity isn't my strong suit, I'm getting kind 
of frustrated.  Is there some way to fix this?

Thanks,
James