From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 5 20:31:09 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A060106566C for ; Fri, 5 Jun 2009 20:31:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kurt.buff@gmail.com) Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com (wf-out-1314.google.com [209.85.200.175]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFC3E8FC19 for ; Fri, 5 Jun 2009 20:31:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kurt.buff@gmail.com) Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 24so709651wfg.7 for ; Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:31:08 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=nTpwV/wAcWwo68CpSdcjuQNKIVb8uxk7E75tjmlg2Z0=; b=QXYNLUXYoQvRegu0on9eFMurhRT7wy/Ql2PUrU3eMxJLhAHVCD1hZOQ2i79eEEm2It Iq0u74JucUYPszL9vnuukJwSUPjva6KkLFMrd6jIxJcJBideAdPas+JmzmPl6PfhKNdv Kqto1uPGmRBn0sKixX+DKKQWC3HYG8Ce96CWc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=OX0cl/yISxghadKa49fJwSKsRq+aVBHp1N6PK2njNv7EfbUv+pRhqS7e5FJIcXYbJ6 Bire94k6pSOiNJOYGwQ1Y0+//8/TluLnRFY5p0pKvnduiAczObKYkyFfPfKZPO3f0wHl BMVGy+yGTv7lPqxbh9iQ4AaYHnQ4TZtUeWYDY= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.143.17.6 with SMTP id u6mr1314693wfi.336.1244233868382; Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:31:08 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <200906050924.23167.kirk@strauser.com> <200906051208.43135.kirk@strauser.com> Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 13:31:08 -0700 Message-ID: From: Kurt Buff To: utisoft@gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Date representation as YY/DDD or YYYY/DDD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:31:09 -0000 On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 13:23, Chris Rees wrote: > 2009/6/5 Kirk Strauser : >> On Friday 05 June 2009 11:50:58 am Chris Rees wrote: >> >>> Is there a 'quick' way to use emacs instead of info? Like info-emacs to= pic? >> >> Not that I know of. =C2=A0:-/ >> >>> I've remembered why I hate the info browser so much; it reminds me of >>> the 'help' included with MS-DOS 6.22. Anyone remember that? >> >> Ouch. =C2=A0You had to go there, didn't you? > > I feel GNU is very similar in many ways to DOS, along with their > preference for 'long options'. Horrible. You end up with monstrosities > of commands. > > Traditional: > > % tar xzvf bluurgh.tgz > > GNU recommended: > > $ tar --extract --verbose --gunzip --file bluurgh.tgz > > Seriously, why are long options encouraged? At a guess? Probably because it allows more options for the command line, and more easily read options, too. Kurt