Michael Siegel <m...@malbolge.net> wrote:
> So, in the output of NetBSD's cal(1), days are abbreviated with one
> letter, except for Tuesday and Thursday.
>
> I'd say this is:
>
> * inconsistent
> * potentially misleading (Saturday and Sunday are both just "S".)
> * unnecessarily cryptic
[...]
> So, I'd say that, maybe, changing cal(1) in NetBSD to use two-letter
> abbreviations throughout as well would also be a good thing concerning
> compatibility with what other (widely-used) Unix-like operating systems do.
No objections, but just for context/perspective/pedantry/... :)
2.11 BSD UNIX #1: Fri Jun 9 08:42:54 PDT 1995
root@SSU-64EN137:/usr/src/sys/SYSTEM
[...]
erase, kill ^U, intr ^C
# cal
usage: cal [month] year
# cal 1 72
January 72
S M Tu W Th F S
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31
#
-uwe
