From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 6 20:12:46 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD3DA106566B; Fri, 6 Jul 2012 20:12:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pawel@dawidek.net) Received: from mail.dawidek.net (60.wheelsystems.com [83.12.187.60]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5793A8FC0C; Fri, 6 Jul 2012 20:12:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (89-73-195-149.dynamic.chello.pl [89.73.195.149]) by mail.dawidek.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B5A682EB; Fri, 6 Jul 2012 22:12:44 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2012 22:10:34 +0200 From: Pawel Jakub Dawidek To: Warner Losh Message-ID: <20120706201033.GA1437@garage.freebsd.pl> References: <4FF2E00E.2030502@FreeBSD.org> <86bojxow6x.fsf@ds4.des.no> <4FF35864.5030109@FreeBSD.org> <20120704185104.GA42355@DataIX.net> <4FF4B36A.2040608@FreeBSD.org> <20120704180134.7c649e1b@bhuda.mired.org> <4FF4BEED.10103@FreeBSD.org> <62039A45-92E4-4588-988D-6DF39D7B01E5@bsdimp.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="OgqxwSJOaUobr8KG" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <62039A45-92E4-4588-988D-6DF39D7B01E5@bsdimp.com> X-OS: FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT amd64 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, Doug Barton , Mike Meyer Subject: Re: Pull in upstream before 9.1 code freeze? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2012 20:12:46 -0000 --OgqxwSJOaUobr8KG Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jul 05, 2012 at 12:10:17AM -0600, Warner Losh wrote: >=20 > On Jul 4, 2012, at 4:08 PM, Doug Barton wrote: >=20 > > On 07/04/2012 15:01, Mike Meyer wrote: > >> On Wed, 04 Jul 2012 14:19:38 -0700 > >> Doug Barton 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 prese= nts > >>>> 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. > >>=20 > >> I, on the other hand, count it as one of the many features of Linux > >> that make me use FreeBSD. > >=20 > > 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? >=20 > 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. --=20 Pawel Jakub Dawidek http://www.wheelsystems.com FreeBSD committer http://www.FreeBSD.org Am I Evil? Yes, I Am! http://tupytaj.pl --OgqxwSJOaUobr8KG Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk/3RjkACgkQForvXbEpPzQCxwCfUWwajCnC8OQLD15jGobbBc+N nZgAoIvf523umHexHz/g3EfWDWoEIk5T =iOVf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --OgqxwSJOaUobr8KG--