Doing Ctrl-Alt-Break under BootCamp

Question

Lets say I have a python program that does following:

do_some_long_data_crunching_computation()
call_some_fiddly_new_crashing_function()

Is there a way to "freeze" and serialize the state of python program (all globals and such) after the return point of first long computation and then re-iterate your development of new function and restart the program execution from this point?

This is somewhat possible, if you are running the program from the interpreter, but is there any other way?

Solution

Actually this is possible, looking here http://noahcoad.com/post/211/get-back-missing-windows-keys-on-mac-keyboard

Ctrl-Alt-Fn-Esc will toggle fullscreen.

I've tried it and it works prefectly.

Comments

[Admin]

I don't know, but Cmd-Alt-Break may be? When you use Ctrl in Windows, use Cmd in Mac.

[David Ebbo]

Actually, under BootCamp, Control is just Control. But the problem is more that the Mac keyboard doesn't have a 'break' key! :)

[user3660103]

@Shouldn't it be one of the F# keys which are not there on windows keyboards? F13,F14 or F15, if you have them. My guess is on F14.

[David Ebbo]

My MacBook air only has up to F12

[slhck]

So, fn alt crtl shift f12 doesn't do it as well!

[David Ebbo]

Wow, it does work! I wonder why. On regular PC keyboards, is there some combination that includes Esc? The only one I know of is Ctrl-Alt-Break.

[Dean Smith]

One thing I haven't checked is whether this still works without the BootCamp keyboard drivers installed. I'll try and check this later.

[fixer1234]

The question asks specifically about the MacBook Air keyboard, so this doesn't really answer the question.