From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 12 22:50:05 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 941691065670 for ; Mon, 12 Sep 2011 22:50:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 588338FC15 for ; Mon, 12 Sep 2011 22:50:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p8CMo5FQ053254 for ; Mon, 12 Sep 2011 22:50:05 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p8CMo5Cb053253; Mon, 12 Sep 2011 22:50:05 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 22:50:05 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <201109122250.p8CMo5Cb053253@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, "Wojciech A. Koszek" Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 637C5106566B for ; Mon, 12 Sep 2011 22:44:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from red.freebsd.org (red.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5380B8FC15 for ; Mon, 12 Sep 2011 22:44:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from red.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by red.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p8CMiRGh086459 for ; Mon, 12 Sep 2011 22:44:27 GMT (envelope-from nobody@red.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by red.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p8CMiRhl086458; Mon, 12 Sep 2011 22:44:27 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <201109122244.p8CMiRhl086458@red.freebsd.org> Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 22:44:27 GMT From: "Wojciech A. Koszek" To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 Cc: Subject: bin/160689: FreeBSD should have .cshrc updated for modern hardware and useful aliases installed by default X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 22:50:05 -0000 >Number: 160689 >Category: bin >Synopsis: FreeBSD should have .cshrc updated for modern hardware and useful aliases installed by default >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Sep 12 22:50:05 UTC 2011 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Wojciech A. Koszek >Release: 9.0-BETA2 >Organization: FreeBSD project >Environment: BETA2 CD >Description: .cshrc should be updated for modern hardware. It means large scrollback, large history. Old/advanced users should have 0 problem with modifying it, but new users may have problems with trimming new parameters (since most modern systems come with bash and not csh). In my private opinion shipping with useful aliases and setting would be beneficial. In general my proposal is regarding sourcing 'simplification' settings in the form of some additional script: [~/.cshrc] source /usr/share/..../misc.csh [misc.csh] setenv autolist # new users may not know how to enable command completion alias poweroff echo "On FreeBSD use shutdown -p now to power down the system" And probably others. I believe we should also ship with colored 'ls' by default, since everybody does that. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: