Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 10:01:07 -0700 (PDT) From: David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com> To: bjc23@hermes.cam.ac.uk, sue@welearn.com.au Cc: newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: User friendly system config program? Message-ID: <199804201701.KAA23122@pau-amma.whistle.com>
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>Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 09:56:26 +1000 >From: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> >We tend to spend a lot of time using text editors on config files (hence my >sig) which has advantages and disadvantages. For example, if you pull >/etc/rc.conf into your favourite text editor, you can see and change a whole >lot of stuff all at once, quicker than working your way through a series of >menus. You have to be comfortable using a text editor first, though. >Of course, both methods require you to know what you're doing. For me, menus >give a dangerous impression that it's easy to do without understanding, and >at the same time they limit what I can do when I do understand. My view, >however, seems to be in the minority these days :-) And using text files makes it easy to use the usual change-control mechanisms (such as RCS) to track changes. Although this could, I expect, be done with menus, it is something that I haven't often (read: "ever") seen implemented. david -- David Wolfskill dhw@whistle.com (650) 577-7158 pager: (650) 401-0168 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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