Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 12:52:32 +0100 From: Dominic Mitchell <Dom.Mitchell@palmerharvey.co.uk> To: David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com> Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>, Len Huppe <huppe@execpc.com>, Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What to tell to Linux-centric people?!' Message-ID: <19990727125231.A66520@voodoo.pandhm.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96.990727041901.92260B-100000@shell-2.enteract.com>; from David Scheidt on Tue, Jul 27, 1999 at 04:26:13AM -0500 References: <xzp7lnm5v3x.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <Pine.NEB.3.96.990727041901.92260B-100000@shell-2.enteract.com>
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On Tue, Jul 27, 1999 at 04:26:13AM -0500, David Scheidt wrote: > I started to get addicted to zsh, and had to give it up. I do most of my > work on machines that have ksh and sh, and nothing else. Let my tell you, > ksh'88 makes bash look like sliced bread. Ksh is fine, and a lot better than a lot of people realise. The one beef that I have with it, after coming from zsh/bash is that completion is ESC ESC (or ESC \ in vi mode), instead of TAB. Dammit, everything should use TAB!! For scripting, it's a nice modern shell available practically everywhere. -- Dom Mitchell -- Palmer & Harvey McLane -- Unix Systems Administrator In Mountain View did Larry Wall Sedately launch a quiet plea: That DOS, the ancient system, shall On boxes pleasureless to all Run Perl though lack they C. -- ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. ********************************************************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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