Date: Tue, 01 Jul 97 14:43:50 From: "Francisco Reyes" <francisco@natserv.com> To: "FreeBSD Chat List" <chat@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Why Not Make tcsh the default shell? Message-ID: <199707011843.OAA06202@federation.addy.com>
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On Tue, 1 Jul 1997 09:43:06 -0500 (CDT), Oliver Banta wrote: >> Why does FreeBSD install csh as the default shell instead of tcsh? >> >> Stanford University provides tcsh as the default shell....apparently >> not being concerned about confusing all the hics from Iowa with >> its added features..... >> >> Annelise > > I don't know if this means anything, but tcsh isn't installed by >default while csh is. You have to go through the ports to install tcsh >and/or bash. Maybe I am been too technical but I just wanted to point out that tcsh is in the packages too (as well as BASH and other shells). I find packages a whole lot easier to deal with than ports. Even someone not very familiar with FreeBSD can get programs from the packages. I would also like to add to what others have said that it is probably not a good idea to make tcsh the default. I figure if someone knows enough not to like the default and know there is something better, they probably know enough to get whatever shell they like and get it installed.home | help
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