Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2014 18:17:55 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@MIT.EDU> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: /etc/motd update Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1409051811350.14570@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1409051731180.14570@wonkity.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1408131411390.3442@wonkity.com> <alpine.GSO.1.10.1408141138460.21571@multics.mit.edu> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1409051731180.14570@wonkity.com>
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On Fri, 5 Sep 2014, Warren Block wrote: > http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/motd/motd > http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/motd/motd.diff And an experimental version that uses VT100/ANSI escape sequences to remove the in-band quote marks that many readers will type, and highlight those sections with out-of-band underlines: http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/motd/motd.ansi I have no evidence, but suspect the number of people using non-VT100, non-ANSI terminal emulations is very small, and those people will probably not be bothered by escape sequences that do not render correctly.help
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