Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2012 22:10:34 +0200 From: Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org> To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>, Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> Subject: Re: Pull in upstream before 9.1 code freeze? Message-ID: <20120706201033.GA1437@garage.freebsd.pl> In-Reply-To: <62039A45-92E4-4588-988D-6DF39D7B01E5@bsdimp.com> References: <4FF2E00E.2030502@FreeBSD.org> <86bojxow6x.fsf@ds4.des.no> <4FF35864.5030109@FreeBSD.org> <CAC8HS2Hx%2BqV1zYSzyM6wYzbyA6BStd3HEwc-VDhv40DHM=qCvw@mail.gmail.com> <CAOjFWZ5ikPz_yDhEQutiXVG354qRHYJTn-M_S4Cx-=YRgFP7eQ@mail.gmail.com> <20120704185104.GA42355@DataIX.net> <4FF4B36A.2040608@FreeBSD.org> <20120704180134.7c649e1b@bhuda.mired.org> <4FF4BEED.10103@FreeBSD.org> <62039A45-92E4-4588-988D-6DF39D7B01E5@bsdimp.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Thu, Jul 05, 2012 at 12:10:17AM -0600, Warner Losh wrote: > > On Jul 4, 2012, at 4:08 PM, Doug Barton wrote: > > > On 07/04/2012 15:01, Mike Meyer wrote: > >> On Wed, 04 Jul 2012 14:19:38 -0700 > >> Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > >>> On 07/04/2012 11:51, Jason Hellenthal wrote: > >>>> What would be really nice here is a command wrapper hooked into the > >>>> shell so that when you type a command and it does not exist it presents > >>>> you with a question for suggestions to install somewhat like Fedora has > >>>> done. > >>> I would also like to see this feature, which is pretty much universal in > >>> linux at this point. It's very handy. > >> > >> I, on the other hand, count it as one of the many features of Linux > >> that make me use FreeBSD. > > > > First, I agree that being able to turn it off should be possible. But I > > can't help being curious ... why would you *not* want a feature that > > tells you what to install if you type a command that doesn't exist on > > the system? > > Because I find on Linux it often gets it wrong and winds up being useless noise. Mostly, though, it is because I mistype commands more than I type commands that should be there, but aren't. It is even cooler than I thought initially. It punishes you for making typos:) Cool. I think this is very useful for newcomers. The only thing that is missing is a one-liner how to disable this feature next to instruction how to install a package containing the missing command. -- Pawel Jakub Dawidek http://www.wheelsystems.com FreeBSD committer http://www.FreeBSD.org Am I Evil? Yes, I Am! http://tupytaj.pl [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk/3RjkACgkQForvXbEpPzQCxwCfUWwajCnC8OQLD15jGobbBc+N nZgAoIvf523umHexHz/g3EfWDWoEIk5T =iOVf -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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