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Date:      Thu, 22 Nov 2001 15:08:23 -0000
From:      Andrew Rolfe <andrew.r@e-z-em.co.uk>
To:        'Greg Lehey' <grog@FreeBSD.org>, "David E. O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   RE: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/common interp.c interp_forth.c
Message-ID:  <FF2E5FE19B12D311B41B0008C74FFB0614E1AE@COMMS>

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Very interesting (??)

No idea why I got this in my in box

AR

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Greg Lehey [SMTP:grog@FreeBSD.org]
> Sent:	Tuesday, November 20, 2001 12:14 AM
> To:	David E. O'Brien
> Cc:	cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org; cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
> Subject:	Re: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/common interp.c interp_forth.c
> 
> On Monday, 19 November 2001 at  9:30:26 -0800, David E. O'Brien wrote:
> > obrien      2001/11/19 09:30:26 PST
> >
> >   Modified files:
> >     sys/boot/common      interp.c interp_forth.c
> >   Log:
> >   Upper case the FreeBSD loader prompt.
> 
> ok -> OK, right?
> 
> >   On OFW based machines, it is just too confusing having the
> >   firmware and OS loader giving the same prompt.  This is a nice
> >   compromise that 99% of the users on non-OFW platforms will
> >   probably not even notice.
> 
> I'd certainly notice it.
> 
> I've always thought the ok prompt to be a little silly anyway.
> Wouldn't it make more sense to find a different colour^Wprompt?
> 
> Greg
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