Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 16:00:29 -0500 From: Bryan Drewery <bdrewery@FreeBSD.org> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>, freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: /etc/motd summary Message-ID: <540E18ED.1070003@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1409081223060.15689@wonkity.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1409081223060.15689@wonkity.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On 9/8/2014 2:08 PM, Warren Block wrote: > Summarizing the responses and changes to /etc/motd: > > Using ANSI has both philosphical and practical problems, and should be > avoided. In short, it has cooties. > > Extra horizontal whitespace is the least likely to cause problems as > command delimiters, and inoffensive to most responders. Rearranging > the information into a list of URLs is a net win. > > Shorter is better. A simpler motd that links to a single web page > might be acceptable. > > My suggestions: > > Short-term: > > Here is the most popular/least objectionable version with all of the > suggestions implemented as best I could: > > http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/motd/motd.whitespace-url For other languages, replace "en" with a language code like de or fr. Should de and fr also be quoted? I don't mean to bikeshed on this but I find the spaced commands confusing. I find quoted commands more readable: Please include the output of 'uname -a' and any relevant error messages... Use 'man man' for an introduction to manual pages. 'man hier' describes the. or `cmd` or `cmd' -- Regards, Bryan Drewery [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (MingW32) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJUDhjtAAoJEDXXcbtuRpfPL+sH/1aoRrQL8MCCXi9zCTNWvtuz qcvWen8Z4VF4/FJ+lmb1+ZXJ4GTJKRTdV3ZGzte+cfkHdyxJt7DFu8OmVfJ/voA2 uEvOlnMg17/q0ZNhQGT5QXUBlOYBHyz0S7QW7zaK17aCYfso3BZY4PmBaNI6IH5c fzxKg/58NwO1j9IA65XtjeU2Je16kCXFSuRlDXS7vvn7by3TkMFiXFoFUJH1+Jkd mvmP7YY4Q3gLsPOfpcUXt0l3wiwufL+RufWiwWR8PRa+CHiS+q9j2/RmoE6VLI+3 G9J9w0yAUHVXwuo0KRORZ4CJEq7cgFPAlDwKICXwMIvMDAmwykbzSUzZa1nByAE= =Gcv6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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