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On Sep 13, 2006, at 7:53 PM, steve szmidt wrote:
Over the years one gets used to some small things that makes life
easier but
is only slowly catching up on OBSD. I'm curious as why this is. Is
it that
real coders don't need some of them, or is it just something like a
matter of
being a lower priority?
* Not needing -a on ifconfig - Now implemented.
* Not showing all I/F's by default in ifconfig, requiring -A.
* Defaulting to bash, easier to use - Implemented.
bash is *not* the default it's ksh. :)
* Command prompt buffer not clearing but leaving at least one entry
on the
line and not clearing with arrow down.
* Out of date vi, harder to navigate and use, poor visual feedback.
Linux distros lie about this. The vast majority of them alias vim to
vi. Welcome to vi.
VI is proabably the worst as it gets a lot of use. It requires a
lot more
keystrokes than it's newer versions. It also requires a lot more
attention to
track the mode it is in. The newer VI is more like an typical
editor and yet
retained it's power.
Install vim, alias it, and use a config that works for you.
Some things are probably left with earlier versions due to
priority, license
issues and no doubt some developers just plain like some things not to
change. What's on the horizon?
--
Steve Szmidt
"To enjoy the right of political self-government, men must be
capable of personal self-government - the virtue of self-control.
A people without decency cannot be secure in its liberty.
From the Declaration Principles
They do not preach that their God will rouse them a little before the
nuts work loose.
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