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The TUI mode is supported only 92on platforms where a suitable version of the <code>curses</code> library 93is available. 94</p> 95<p>The TUI mode is enabled by default when you invoke <small>GDB</small> as 96‘<samp>gdb -tui</samp>’. 97You can also switch in and out of TUI mode while <small>GDB</small> runs by 98using various TUI commands and key bindings, such as <code>tui 99enable</code> or <kbd>C-x C-a</kbd>. See <a href="TUI-Commands.html#TUI-Commands">TUI Commands</a>, and 100<a href="TUI-Keys.html#TUI-Keys">TUI Key Bindings</a>. 101</p> 102 103 104 105</body> 106</html> 107