Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 15:28:02 -0400 (EDT) From: "Dan Mahoney, System Admin" <danm@prime.gushi.org> To: "Gary W. Swearingen" <garys@opusnet.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Questions on termcap suggestions Message-ID: <20050724151859.X9042@prime.gushi.org> In-Reply-To: <v064v0434a.4v0@mail.opusnet.com> References: <20050724081711.I7429@prime.gushi.org> <v064v0434a.4v0@mail.opusnet.com>
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On Sun, 24 Jul 2005, Gary W. Swearingen wrote: >> I'm sending this through so someone may find it in the future and >> save themself some effort. > > Good of you to try to document it; I wish I knew where else it could > go. I wonder if there should be a wiki-type knowledge base for things > like that. > >> Related: In searching around I've also found a teeny tiny little >> program called lpansi that allows you to cat a file to your local >> printer. Shouldn't something like this be in the base, or in ports? >> I found things like birthstone references and what certain flowers >> mean in /usr/share/misc, why not a useful "print" command? > > It's easy to guess why not: the developers who've paid their dues (or > otherwise got their clout), and so control the contents of the base > OS, haven't been convinced to put it in. You could write a PR > proposing the addition, but you'd have better luck volunteering to > make a port for it. My logic in ports is that a port would be well suited for things that are either differently licensed (gpl, for example)...or because they significantly bloat the OS. This is 20 lines of code, a makefile, and a well-made manpage. I've contacted the author about the license. Aparently this util was included with lynx for a time but printing is now handled internally. Pine also includes a util that does it (not named the same), but it's not compiled by the pine port. > As for "cruft" in the OS, a PR on the subject would be more likely to > encourage some cleanup than any comments in -questions. Removing > cruft can often be more work than adding it, so it tends to take > plenty of encouragement, or volunteer work. Heh, no, I *like* cruft. I think it's cooly eclectic. Besides, who *hasn't* used pom(1) to decide if a backup isn't a good idea? -Dan -- "Blargy Frap!" -mtreal, efnet #macintosh channel, 8.10.98, Approx 3AM --------Dan Mahoney-------- Techie, Sysadmin, WebGeek Gushi on efnet/undernet IRC ICQ: 13735144 AIM: LarpGM Site: http://www.gushi.org ---------------------------
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