Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 12:46:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug <Doug@gorean.org> To: Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What to tell to Linux-centric people?! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9907271242540.1387-100000@dt011n65.san.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <19990727075026.A27880@keltia.freenix.fr>
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On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, Ollivier Robert wrote: > According to Len Huppe: > > As a newcomer to FreeBSD, I am intersted in knowing why so many of you > > *hate* bash. > > I don't hate bash, it is just that it lacks so many cool features of zsh/tcsh > (programmable completion, Agreed, but like you said, it's coming. :) > variables, Errr... Not sure what you mean by this one. > fancy prompt) How fancy do you want? :) Take a look at http://home.san.rr.com/freebsd/Bash-prompts.txt. > and have some key bindings > different from the other shells. Heh, "It's different" is a good description of how people usually criticize things. Also, most of the key bindings are configurable, including built in emacs and vi modes. > I don't care about POSIX compliancy, something bash has always insisted on. Personally I think this is another plus in bash's favor. > Ollivier, very heavy tcsh user for 10 years, recently converted to zsh. Note that I'm not trying to change anyone's mind, but I do like to promote factual discourse. If you think this is bad, try comp.unix.shells. *chuckle* Doug -- On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does. -- Will Rogers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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