Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2020 13:29:47 +0100 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ars Technica article on FreeBSD new user experience Message-ID: <20200412132947.202b0ede@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <20200412064733.GB25313@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <CAPyFy2AVfEzey0%2B9-b8ZS1uyn8ODOoNhCHY7fHp2uc9ASiw%2BnA@mail.gmail.com> <CACNAnaF000ywitUn-HfqpFKZVXBtU78m=OXQXego9_0SxrT-jQ@mail.gmail.com> <20200410061248.GK4213@funkthat.com> <CACNAnaGhPML3vKwETS93aK9qzNLRiruJYA2OuwvOmS%2BafXVABw@mail.gmail.com> <20200411004620.GL4213@funkthat.com> <7E83538A-9360-4B0D-9190-6E3A675C53DD@gmail.com> <20200412064733.GB25313@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Sun, 12 Apr 2020 08:47:33 +0200 Piotr P. Stefaniak wrote: > On 2020-04-11 14:32:36, Enji Cooper wrote: >=20 > >> Yeah, history isn't kept by default, not sure if there's an option > >> to keep it, if there is, I don't see it in the man page, and > >> ctrl-r doesn't work either. =20 > > > > There is history support, but it=E2=80=99s not on by default and > > it=E2=80=99s not spelled the same way as other shells (I don=E2=80=99t = think > > it=E2=80=99s persistent between shell invocations, however): =20 >=20 > But the commands history isn't persistent, is it? That together with > command completion (as opposed to file name completion, which is > already there) is very important to have, in my opinion. /bin/sh is a lightweight shell for executing system shell scripts. It's not really there to be a long-term login shell.=20
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