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Date:      Fri, 01 Jan 2010 11:44:40 -0700 (MST)
From:      "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        kientzle@freebsd.org
Cc:        dougb@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-user@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r201326 - user/dougb/portmaster
Message-ID:  <20100101.114440.239525524730500825.imp@bsdimp.com>
In-Reply-To: <4B3C4716.9020806@freebsd.org>
References:  <200912310609.nBV69XIS087894@svn.freebsd.org> <4B3C4716.9020806@freebsd.org>

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In message: <4B3C4716.9020806@freebsd.org>
            Tim Kientzle <kientzle@FreeBSD.org> writes:
: Doug Barton wrote:
: >   Even though it's probably already obvious, add a hint as to what the
: >   non-default option is for the y/n prompts.
: 
: > - echo -n "	===>>> Delete this dependency data? [n] "
: > + echo -n "	===>>> Delete this dependency data? y/[n] "
: 
: I've seen this done a little more clearly by using an
: uppercase letter to indicate the default: [Y/n]

This also seems the de-facto standard for doing this.  The new echo
above is something I've never seen before and is more confusing that
the old echo above...

Warner


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