Date: Tue, 3 May 2016 15:28:13 -0700 From: Conrad Meyer <cem@FreeBSD.org> To: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@freebsd.org> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, darius@dons.net.au Subject: Re: svn commit: r297897 - in head/usr.bin: . resizewin Message-ID: <CAG6CVpVbp6fEpyf--4PgAYsjrmVLv_bjM--ZTUt_oPdYOiEADw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20160503215348.GC1369@FreeBSD.org> References: <201604130030.u3D0UggB007871@repo.freebsd.org> <CAG6CVpUGdpXxGwQ5SkmwEy48RC0mjBCvhf%2B_bS7R%2BYY%2BNK71Kg@mail.gmail.com> <20160503215348.GC1369@FreeBSD.org>
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On Tue, May 3, 2016 at 2:53 PM, Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 05:42:54PM -0700, Conrad Meyer wrote: > C> On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 5:30 PM, Conrad E. Meyer <cem@freebsd.org> wrote: > C> > Log: > C> > Add a small tool, resizewin(1), to query terminal for window size > C> > C> Whoops. The commit message should have included this blurb from the > C> phabricator review: > C> > C> This tool is a smaller, less featured version of resize from the xterm port. > C> > C> It's very useful when accessing systems via serial console that > C> don't run X (e.g. dev boxes). > > Are there any good reasons not to call it resize then? Those who have > xterm installed would have it overriden with /usr/local/bin/resize. Hi, I don't think it's a good idea to name different binaries the same thing and rely on PATH ordering to pick the right one. And it would introduce a conflict for LOCALBASE=/usr. Best, Conrad
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