Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 10:07:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> To: pvh@leftside.wcape.school.za (Peter van Heusden) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adding a new user interface to FreeBSD administration Message-ID: <199806231707.KAA04525@tao.thought.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980623170004.4982C-100000@leftside.wcape.school.za> from Peter van Heusden at "Jun 23, 98 05:47:00 pm"
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According to Peter van Heusden: > Having recently worked on a WWW oriented user interface for FreeBSD, and > looked at some recent work on similar projects, I've been thinking about > the problems of providing an alternative interface to configuring FreeBSD > (alternative to vi, that is). > [[ ... ]] Having set up tip, uucp, and much more by-hand many times over the years, I'll say straight away that having some plug-and-Work alternative would've gotten my vote. Long ago. You already understand the complexities, so I won't belabor the evident. I'll offer this, tho: that your interface have tk* (tkperl|tk//tcl) that would let people enter vi anywhere. Also that it be flexible enough to be ported to SCO and Linux and WhateverFlavor of unix people choose. I used SVR4 for several years before returning to my BSD roots, but then installed Debian Linux and faced the problems of re-familiarizing myself with the System-5 methods. Having a configuration tool that works across models would be a win; as a long-term goal. Short-term, I think that flexibility is a major objective. gary -- Gary D. Kline kline@tao.thought.org Public service uNix To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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