From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 8 06:08:29 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AC1A19B5 for ; Mon, 8 Sep 2014 06:08:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.0x20.net (mail.0x20.net [217.69.76.211]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 64DDA1A11 for ; Mon, 8 Sep 2014 06:08:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from e-new.0x20.net (mail.0x20.net [IPv6:2001:aa8:fffb:1::3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.0x20.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9405E6A6002; Mon, 8 Sep 2014 08:08:25 +0200 (CEST) Received: from e-new.0x20.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by e-new.0x20.net (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id s8868Pvw001698; Mon, 8 Sep 2014 08:08:25 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from lars@e-new.0x20.net) Received: (from lars@localhost) by e-new.0x20.net (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) id s8868OrK001463; Mon, 8 Sep 2014 08:08:24 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from lars) Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2014 08:08:24 +0200 From: Lars Engels To: Warren Block , Warner Losh , freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Improving /etc/motd and ANSI Message-ID: <20140908060824.GO57121@e-new.0x20.net> References: <20140908053250.GE82175@funkthat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="2wyf/X6i9kneRjiV" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20140908053250.GE82175@funkthat.com> X-Editor: VIM - Vi IMproved 7.4 X-Operation-System: FreeBSD 8.4-RELEASE-p4 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 06:08:29 -0000 --2wyf/X6i9kneRjiV Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Sep 07, 2014 at 10:32:50PM -0700, John-Mark Gurney wrote: > Warren Block wrote this message on Sat, Sep 06, 2014 at 18:01 -0600: > > As another experiment, here is a version using whitespace: > > http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/motd/motd.whitespace > >=20 > > While it's not as clear as the ANSI version, it is better than the=20 > > troff-style quotes version. Still requires 7-bit ASCII, though. :) >=20 > The whitespace one is good, but you should have a : after the with... >=20 > Also, we should reference a url for questions or problems, and not > include questions@ in the motd... The url can better include > information, and other places to find help, like for forums.. +1 for adding https://forums.freebsd.org to motd. Both motd and the forums are there to help newbies. --2wyf/X6i9kneRjiV Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (FreeBSD) iQF8BAEBCgBmBQJUDUfYXxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXQ4RjQwMDE3RTRERjUzMTI1N0FGRTUxNDlF NTRDQjM3RDNBMDg5RDZEAAoJEOVMs306CJ1t4SQH/A5VUcqiFYnoDrGNMAwMEXfL SZnZ79LEDuwdCOlCGtFPaLvkCy/dG6R1WNjHQWKnjMPz3AB7aOH8W7z4cky8Vi9u mDLLdOI+Gn26Qbk2qRqmdhvg5wNyEffCz3g0qhxcYZoxX/YSSLGmKwInZrFJ9JRz DM2Ft+AjIL3hP8accffK2hILaeH+Sg2xkiWhdh6JjpeA9pOH4eSRM+4IYRzPt+iN 9Dc0NekVebURfIRafldZqjxQxFsiY5AK3ojdEeglTImNPf1aBw7ywSabKC+OzHS9 54OAEve81GxjBnX/Ji/ihPwWKMHqNoO2T6PrZxHq4PM4POKOqo6eTl31mYeZwnk= =nBI/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --2wyf/X6i9kneRjiV--