Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 22:11:58 +0100 From: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/skel dot.login dot.profile Message-ID: <20010625221158.D341@canyon.nothing-going-on.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1010625165509.83877E-100000@fledge.watson.org>; from rwatson@FreeBSD.org on Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 04:57:53PM -0400 References: <200106252040.f5PKe3L21689@freefall.freebsd.org> <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1010625165509.83877E-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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--jCrbxBqMcLqd4mOl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 04:57:53PM -0400, Robert Watson wrote: > As I've said in other forums, despite some initial misgivings, I'm willing > to give this a spin, on the following condition: the number of lines of > motd + the number of lines for the maximum hint should not cause the > default console to scroll. > > The current motd does an effective job at providing the necessary "you > just logged in for the first time" information,=20 But is not necessary every single time you login. Some of /etc/motd can move in to the tips list. If we want a "Information for the first login" then something like [ ! -e ~/.firstlogin ] cat /etc/firstlogin && touch ~/.firstlogin in the startup scripts can solve that (and displaying a tip can be=20 conditional on it not being the first login. i18n can be handled with a case statement keyed off LANG or similar. N --=20 FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://www.freebsd.org/ FreeBSD Documentation Project http://www.freebsd.org/docproj/ --- 15B8 3FFC DDB4 34B0 AA5F 94B7 93A8 0764 2C37 E375 --- --jCrbxBqMcLqd4mOl Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjs3qR0ACgkQk6gHZCw343XclgCdGiYoFzReUi6ybBAXvS2/yj0c u9MAn0Y0tEBjdNrHHKCNE1gROhbidKhH =u3i6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --jCrbxBqMcLqd4mOl-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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