From owner-freebsd-small Mon Oct 5 00:33:21 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA24047 for freebsd-small-outgoing; Mon, 5 Oct 1998 00:33:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles140.castles.com [208.214.165.140]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA24040 for ; Mon, 5 Oct 1998 00:33:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA00893; Mon, 5 Oct 1998 00:37:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199810050737.AAA00893@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai cc: Mike Smith , "Louis A. Mamakos" , Jerry Hicks , FreeBSD Small , Andrzej Bialecki Subject: Re: Command-line i/f (Re: PicoBSD) In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 05 Oct 1998 00:06:42 +0200." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1998 00:37:53 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > At 23:22 04-10-98 , Mike Smith wrote: > >> As such I have a few suggestions already based on IOS/Shiva SpiderSoftware > >> command syntax: > >> > >> grouping of commands under another keyword, for example: ip, ipx, dial, > etc... > > > >As long as the syntax is consistent. IOS is not a good example to > >follow here. > > Well it might be a source for command names ;) Not even that. IOS's command interface is a festering abomination. Emulating it would be a major error. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message