From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 21 09:08:55 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9D0B77F for ; Mon, 21 Jan 2013 09:08:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx01.qsc.de (mx01.qsc.de [213.148.129.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9471C961 for ; Mon, 21 Jan 2013 09:08:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-45-17.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.45.17]) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 713189C1A; Mon, 21 Jan 2013 10:08:54 +0100 (CET) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id r0L98vTt003871; Mon, 21 Jan 2013 10:08:57 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2013 10:08:56 +0100 From: Polytropon To: "Ralf Mardorf" Subject: Re: Editors are broken after update Message-Id: <20130121100856.00a3769e.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: References: <20130120103845.76c1a963.freebsd@edvax.de> <20130120120340.e29b1144.freebsd@edvax.de> <20130121035356.ab12a4e7.freebsd@edvax.de> Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD quest X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: Polytropon List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2013 09:08:55 -0000 On Mon, 21 Jan 2013 09:51:13 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Mon, 21 Jan 2013 03:53:56 +0100, Polytropon wrote: > > /usr/home/rocketmouse, _not_ user/home/rocketmouse > > It wasn't possible to copy the message, so I've written it. It's very > likely that I made a typo. I'm a dyslexic and since there's no big > difference between /usr and /user and it both is for "user" it's very > likely that I haven't notice it all the times when I read it. If I would > have written /usgr or something similar it could happen that I don't > notice it when reading it 2 or 3 times, but when reading it for the 4th > time I will notice it. It oven happens that people type 'unmount' instead > of 'umount', so I've seen Linux distros that ship with an alias 'unmount' > :D. Seen in this context, the message was probably beginning with "/usr" instead of "user" which makes sense (even though it would be considered a bug when the editor is invoked without a file name and it instead tries to open "something" that is not a file to edit). It also fits the tradition that "usr" is often pronounced "user" and therefor carries that "mental image". > OT: > > # grep alias .cshrc > alias h history 25 > alias j jobs -l > alias la ls -aF > alias lf ls -FA > alias ll ls -lAF > > I avoid using aliases. FWIW on Linux mailing lists that aren't for a > specific distro, it's unwanted to use aliases when posting to the list. That's a valid advice, especially when the alias name suggests that it does something it doesn't do in reality. However, a common alias "ll" for "list long" is widely accepted, even though the implementation (and additional flags and preferences) may differ from system to system. alias ls 'ls -FG -D "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"' alias ll 'ls -laFG -D "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"' setenv LSCOLORS ExGxdxdxCxDxDxBxBxegeg ;-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...