Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:11:28 -0800 From: Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> To: Joel Dahl <joel@freebsd.org> Cc: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>, "Wojciech A. Koszek" <wkoszek@freebsd.czest.pl>, Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz>, Chris Rees <crees@freebsd.org>, Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org>, Erich Dollansky <erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com>, Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@leidinger.net>, Gonzalo Nemmi <gnemmi@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Enhancing the user experience with tcsh Message-ID: <4F3711C0.6020909@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20120211080731.GD85504@goofy01.vnodelab.local> References: <CAF6rxgnebQUY8azv8fovQPkB%2BGgsQjaByZ6JwnNWjrM1hB65eQ@mail.gmail.com> <4F34FA17.7080000@quip.cz> <20120210133629.Horde.uDX6B5jmRSRPNQ9NDdkRUI4@webmail.leidinger.net> <201202102037.30996.erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> <CAF6rxgnfmU4vyZ_ERbodf8x6ALWps-5HcHvpQhQE=xVokzNbCg@mail.gmail.com> <20120211080731.GD85504@goofy01.vnodelab.local>
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On 2/11/12 12:07 AM, Joel Dahl wrote: > On 10-02-2012 9:03, Eitan Adler wrote: >> Picking a random person to reply to. >> >> There are a lot of good suggestions in this thread, but can we please >> remember a few things: >> >> - Users can always add their own ~/.cshrc >> - Many users will get annoyed by what is someone else's amazing setup > With the above in mind, I suggest we change as little as possible from what > we have today (for now) and that we do improvements in small steps. > > I believe 99.99% of all users would find the change below to be a definite > improvement over the current default values in .cshrc: > Put lots of stuff in there and disable them by default > Index: dot.cshrc > =================================================================== > --- dot.cshrc (revision 231507) > +++ dot.cshrc (working copy) > @@ -24,8 +24,10 @@ > # An interactive shell -- set some stuff up > set prompt = "`/bin/hostname -s`# " > set filec > - set history = 100 > - set savehist = 100 > + set history = 1000 > + set savehist = (1000 merge) > + set autolist > + set autoexpand > set mail = (/var/mail/$USER) > if ( $?tcsh ) then > bindkey "^W" backward-delete-word > > Also, a comment pointing to /usr/share/examples/tcsh/complete.tcsh would > be a nice addition to the default .cshrc. >
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