From owner-freebsd-arch Wed Dec 29 9:30:43 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.204.136.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 417751568D for ; Wed, 29 Dec 1999 09:30:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA15150 for ; Wed, 29 Dec 1999 18:30:39 +0100 (CET) Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id SAA79281 for freebsd-arch@freebsd.org; Wed, 29 Dec 1999 18:30:39 +0100 (MET) Received: from wall.polstra.com (rtrwan160.accessone.com [206.213.115.74]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C80A6155F3 for ; Wed, 29 Dec 1999 09:30:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) Received: from vashon.polstra.com (vashon.polstra.com [206.213.73.13]) by wall.polstra.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA20164; Wed, 29 Dec 1999 09:30:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) From: John Polstra Received: (from jdp@localhost) by vashon.polstra.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) id JAA34411; Wed, 29 Dec 1999 09:30:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 09:30:31 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199912291730.JAA34411@vashon.polstra.com> To: bde@zeta.org.au Subject: Re: Changing diff's default output format In-Reply-To: References: Organization: Polstra & Co., Seattle, WA Cc: arch@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In article , Bruce Evans wrote: > On Tue, 28 Dec 1999, Matthew Jacob wrote: > > > That's hardly the point. The point here, which I won't defend very > > vigorously, is that there are maybe 10 basic Unix utilities, that should > > be default look pretty much the same across *all* Unix systems. > > > > There may be some POSIX collateral on this, if not SVID stuff- I'm too far > > From a POSIX.2 draft: [...] The Single Unix Specification also states that the default output format has the traditional (ed-style) form. I am strongly against changing the default. John -- John Polstra jdp@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence." -- Chögyam Trungpa To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message