From owner-freebsd-current Tue Jul 8 21:34:37 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id VAA26614 for current-outgoing; Tue, 8 Jul 1997 21:34:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA26605 for ; Tue, 8 Jul 1997 21:34:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id OAA11134; Wed, 9 Jul 1997 14:04:09 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199707090434.OAA11134@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Install suggestion In-Reply-To: <579.868421050@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at "Jul 8, 97 09:04:10 pm" To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 14:04:09 +0930 (CST) Cc: chuckr@glue.umd.edu, freebsd-current@freefall.freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Jordan K. Hubbard stands accused of saying: > > When setting up the devices, before the installation has begun, sometimes > > I am a little too quick with the delete key, and kill something I would > > like to have. I have to start the installation all over again then, > > Not if you catch your error before exiting (after which, of course, > it's far too late for any mechanism to catch you before the probes > fail and you hit the ground with a meaty thud). It is documented > (hit F1) that you can pull things off the inactive list again if > you inadvertantly delete them. I do assume that you've read those > docs? :-) *grins* > In any case, this is really Mike Smith's baby so I'll let him respond > to your specific UI comments. Uhh, did I miss something else here? I don't recall the original (but I have been eating my words wrt, Tcl in the base system as we port to Tcl 8) PST has my full support; Tcl and Perl &c need to be bundled in a sane fashion. Ports are bad, but the base system is worse. > Jordan -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[