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Date:      Fri, 5 Sep 2014 18:17:55 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@MIT.EDU>
Cc:        freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: /etc/motd update
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.11.1409051811350.14570@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1409051731180.14570@wonkity.com>
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On Fri, 5 Sep 2014, Warren Block wrote:

> http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/motd/motd
> http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/motd/motd.diff

And an experimental version that uses VT100/ANSI escape sequences to 
remove the in-band quote marks that many readers will type, and 
highlight those sections with out-of-band underlines:

http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/motd/motd.ansi

I have no evidence, but suspect the number of people using non-VT100, 
non-ANSI terminal emulations is very small, and those people will 
probably not be bothered by escape sequences that do not render 
correctly.



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