From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Nov 10 23:46:09 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA16639 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Tue, 10 Nov 1998 23:46:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from luomat.peak.org (port-21-ts2-gnv.da.fdt.net [209.212.132.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA16620 for ; Tue, 10 Nov 1998 23:46:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from luomat@luomat.peak.org) Message-Id: <199811101223.HAA09493@ocalhost> Content-Type: text/plain MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <19981110090436.07651@welearn.com.au> From: Timothy J Luoma Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 07:23:00 -0500 To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X desktop contest? + Desktop Env References: <19981110090436.07651@welearn.com.au> Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Author: Sue Blake Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 09:04:36 +1100 ID: <19981110090436.07651@welearn.com.au> > The one and only essential is the up arrow for command history, > and I reckon that's the real reason why many of new installers > wish it had bash. All the other shell features can go jump for > the first few months, but command history is essential and csh > doesn't cut it, not by a long shot. Tab-completion saves many many keystrokes and typos. Being able to move to the left&right along the current line is very nice. Being able to write a function at the commandline is quite helpful. Those are reasons why sh isn't enough for me, and why zsh is the default shell on my NeXTStep machines. TjL To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message