From owner-freebsd-small Sun Oct 4 14:17:58 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA29772 for freebsd-small-outgoing; Sun, 4 Oct 1998 14:17:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles320.castles.com [208.214.167.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA29750 for ; Sun, 4 Oct 1998 14:17:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA06790; Sun, 4 Oct 1998 14:22:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199810042122.OAA06790@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai cc: "Louis A. Mamakos" , Jerry Hicks , FreeBSD Small , Andrzej Bialecki Subject: Re: Command-line i/f (Re: PicoBSD) In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 04 Oct 1998 22:35:19 +0200." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 04 Oct 1998 14:22:19 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > As such I have a few suggestions already based on IOS/Shiva SpiderSoftware > command syntax: > > grouping of commands under another keyword, for example: ip, ipx, dial, etc... As long as the syntax is consistent. IOS is not a good example to follow here. > Also, will we be using autocompletion of partially typed commands? Go right ahead and write it. I'd recommend you look at libedit (man 3 editline). -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message