From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 20 20:44:53 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DA921065673 for ; Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:44:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail2.fluidhosting.com (mx21.fluidhosting.com [204.14.89.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6FDE8FC16 for ; Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:44:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 28278 invoked by uid 399); 20 Jul 2010 20:44:50 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO laptop.dougb.net) (dougb@dougbarton.us@127.0.0.1) by localhost with ESMTPAM; 20 Jul 2010 20:44:50 -0000 X-Originating-IP: 127.0.0.1 X-Sender: dougb@dougbarton.us Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:44:48 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton To: Peter Jeremy In-Reply-To: <20100720190602.GA32624@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> Message-ID: References: <4C42CFDA.3040409@comclark.com> <4C42D292.208@infracaninophile.co.uk> <4C4388D2.30200@comclark.com> <20100720190602.GA32624@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) X-message-flag: Outlook -- Not just for spreading viruses anymore! OpenPGP: id=1A1ABC84 Organization: http://SupersetSolutions.com/ MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: Janne Snabb , Joe , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [new port] usage of shar command X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:44:53 -0000 On Wed, 21 Jul 2010, Peter Jeremy wrote: > The major problems with backticks is that they tend to be inconspicuous > (and easily confused with bits of dust or fly-droppings) and are often > difficult to distinguish from quotes. > > Rather than write "`find port_dir` (note the backticks)", IMO, it is > far easier to write $(find port_dir) - which is syntactically the > same but visually more obvious. That's a fair point. Do you think that the text as it currently exists is sufficiently clear, or do you think that it still needs the modification you're suggesting? I'm happy to make the change (or someone else can if they so desire) if that's what people thing is the right way to go. Doug -- Improve the effectiveness of your Internet presence with a domain name makeover! http://SupersetSolutions.com/ Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. -- Pablo Picasso