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From: Paul B Mahol <onemda@gmail.com>
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Cc: Brandon Gooch <jamesbrandongooch@gmail.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Move banner to games
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On 10/7/10, army.of.root <army.of.root@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On 10\10\02 18:48, Paul B Mahol wrote:
>> On 10/2/10, Brandon Gooch<jamesbrandongooch@gmail.com>  wrote:
>>> On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 7:36 AM, Paul B Mahol<onemda@gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I see no point to have it in usr/bin.
>>>
>>> Cool! This is the first time I've heard of this program! How come the
>>> folks at my university who manage the line printers have never let me
>>> on to this?!
>>>
>>> Ahh -- wait a sec -- I'm beginning to see your point about the whole
>>> "move it to games thing"...
>>>
>>> -Brandon aka "The Green Bar Bandit"
>>>
>>
>> NetBSD and OpenBSD have this version in games and horizontal version
>> of banner in usr/bin.
>>
>> I see no point to have this program(s) in base at all.
>>
>> I will just stop here.
>
> Hi,
>
> A horizontal version of banner could be nice for motd etc.
>
> I like banner.
> It makes me smile and think that FreeBSD is a cosy place to be.
>
> have a nice day :)

You have figlet and toilet with other sundry amusements in ports.