Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:14:32 -0700 From: Charlie Kester <corky1951@comcast.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Java For Firefox Message-ID: <20100319201432.GF265@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <4BA3B363.1090901@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> References: <20100318113348.281f2de5@ernst.jennejohn.org> <970380131003180354n37bf379ej9b17aab91a1c130@mail.gmail.com> <19362.8135.173250.410907@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <970380131003180713v89c630cucbe506dbba19eb25@mail.gmail.com> <4BA2C4E0.1050805@FreeBSD.org> <20100319062247.7068afff@scorpio.seibercom.net> <19363.27281.684199.469796@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <4BA384AB.3010609@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> <20100319124825.3530cf78@scorpio.seibercom.net> <4BA3B363.1090901@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us>
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On Fri 19 Mar 2010 at 10:24:51 PDT Programmer In Training wrote: >On 03/19/10 11:48, Jerry wrote: >> >> Is there any reason that you don't simply install 'bash'? I use it as >> my shell and love it. > >It came on very strong recommendation from one of my geek friends as an >alternative to bash (which he termed as a "joke"). I've managed to make >some basic cosmetic customizations to it that make it /look/ like bash, >so I'm happy with that. Just have to get use to not having tab-complete >suggestions (or find a way to enable that, too). There are things in bash that I find quite useful (enhanced variable substitution and shell functions are two that I use most often) and I refuse to forego them just because some geek thinks bash is a 'joke'. Both shells have their pro's and con's. Rather than commit exclusively to either one, a wiser course is to use the one that's best suited to the task at hand. Sometimes that's tcsh, sometimes it's bash. In other words, make it an engineering decision, not a social or a political one.
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