Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 18:43:18 +0100 From: Jonathan Anderson <jonathan.robert.anderson@gmail.com> To: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Better error messages for command not found (was Re: Pull in upstream before 9.1 code freeze?) Message-ID: <DF1109B8-8343-407B-866D-45E2450B79F6@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20120705132150.19f456b1@bhuda.mired.org> References: <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> <20120704225519.GB19945@DataIX.net> <4FF4CAD1.8080804@FreeBSD.org> <20120704234104.GA392@DataIX.net> <8E9DECBB-3D1E-4129-A958-9DB0DF69ECC3@kientzle.com> <4FF4E105.50502@FreeBSD.org> <20120704203711.2732b645@bhuda.mired.org> <2EA305F0-87D9-47BE-B3E6-366659BF77AF@kientzle.com> <20120704214216.29085927@bhuda.mired.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1207051635550.2537@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <2336980A-5AAB-4D45-8177-71609A7B31F7@gmail.com> <20120705132150.19f456b1@bhuda.mired.org>
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On 5 Jul 2012, at 18:21, Mike Meyer wrote:
>> The command line shouldn't have to be a scary place for new users.
>=20
> Nor should it be an annoying place for old users. New users are
> important. But old users are the ones who make contributions.
No argument there. :)
I do like the idea (Garrett's, maybe?) of providing such a tool, leaving =
it off by default, making it very easy to turn on ("if you run this =
command, the shell will be friendlier to you") and letting the PC-BSD =
folks turn it on by default for their users.
Jon
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