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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!nsw.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!vic.news.telstra.net!news.mira.net.au!pumpkin.pangea.ca!eru.mt.luth.se!news.kth.se!nntp.uio.no!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!sarah.netmedia.co.il!not-for-mail From: sbirn@bofh.org.il (Steve Birnbaum) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Suggested package for next release (xless) Date: 2 Oct 1996 22:48:59 +0200 Organization: NetMedia Lines: 29 Message-ID: <52ukfr$r2@shimon.netmedia.net.il> References: <52sjn8$4oi@uuneo.neosoft.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bofh.org.il In article <52sjn8$4oi@uuneo.neosoft.com>, Conrad Sabatier <conrads@neosoft.com> wrote: >Come to think of it, emacs should me indicated as a dependency as well, as >the Edit command calls it by default. This was a joke, right? How big is xfm? How big is emacs? *shudder* I can just see the guy sitting on the end of a 28.8 line. If you're so picky about defaults, just ask whoever compiles the package to change the default editor to xterm -e vi. >As FreeBSD becomes more popular, more care should be given to making it >easier for the first-time user (or out-and-out UNIX newbie). No matter how easy you make it, the user is still going to log in and see $ Everyone's got to start learning somewhere anyway. Steve -- Steve Birnbaum - System Administrator, NetMedia. Jerusalem, Israel. E-mail: sbirn@netmedia.net.il Phone: +972-2-795-860 PGP Key available upon request Standard disclaimer....