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If X is unavailable, a terminal inspector is invoked. The TTY inspector
is a crude interface to describe
which allows objects to be
traversed and maintains a history. This inspector prints information
about and object and a numbered list of the components of the object.
The command-line based interface is a normal
read
–eval
–print
loop, but an integer n
descends into the n’th component of the current object, and
symbols with these special names are interpreted as commands:
U
Move back to the enclosing object. As you descend into the components of an object, a stack of all the objects previously seen is kept. This command pops you up one level of this stack.
Q, E
Return the current object from inspect
.
R
Recompute object display, and print again. Useful if the object may have changed.
D
Display again without recomputing.
H, ?
Show help message.