Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 15:07:28 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> To: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> Cc: obrien@freebsd.org, arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Import of tcsh into src/contrib/, replacing src/usr.bin/csh Message-ID: <20000406150728.A25607@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <200004062150.PAA24400@nomad.yogotech.com>; from nate@yogotech.com on Thu, Apr 06, 2000 at 03:50:49PM -0600 References: <20000406134916.A23265@dragon.nuxi.com> <200004062121.PAA24162@nomad.yogotech.com> <20000406144502.A25177@dragon.nuxi.com> <200004062150.PAA24400@nomad.yogotech.com>
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On Thu, Apr 06, 2000 at 03:50:49PM -0600, Nate Williams wrote: > > I don't want a fully functional workstation. I want a root account that > > is useful. > > It's completely useful. It has everything you need. What does tcsh > provide you that csh doesn't provide you that is needed for root? Command line completion, and something other than bazzar "!^?-" history substitution. Shell evolution (and other command line tools) have shown that either Emacs or Vi -style line editing is the way to go. No one has adopted the bazzar Csh history substitution syntax. > > I am also tired of explaining to Linux users why our /bin/csh doesn't > > have as nice a UI as tcsh. > > That's a *really* bad reason to bring in csh, and you know it. No I don't know it. You obvioulsy haven't had to fight to keep research labs using FreeBSD over Linux. > PicoBSD is just *one* of the many, many, many uses for small embedded > system. List them. These small embedded system developers can grab the old csh sources from the Attic and import them into their own source tree. > > As would Tcsh. > > If both are adequate, choose the smaller of the two since it benefits > more folks that way. ;) I dissagree. ;) Perhaps a poll? > > The need is our root's shell is crappy. > > I disagree, but what's stopping you from using tcsh as root's shell? It isn't part of the base system. -- -- David (obrien@NUXI.com) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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