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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: NCR53C875 SCSI adapter support?
Date: 2 Mar 1997 22:31:08 GMT
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Peter Mutsaers <plm@xs4all.nl> wrote:

>  Reason: it is in it's
> standard installation more spartan, e.g. uses the very clumsy csh
> shell without command line editing etc.

While it's certainly true that a plain FreeBSD installation (i.e. one
without ports/packages installed) is more spartan, this is not so true
for the default /bin/sh.  It's not only doing its best to become a
full Posix shell (which means it resembles much more the Korn shell
than a `classic' Bourne shell), but it also has a command-line editor.
Simply type `set -o emacs', or if you're a lazy type `set -E'.

The advantage: works even in single-user mode.

Using the csh is certainly only recommendable for those types like me
who are really used to it, and can't live without !!:0 !$ ^foo^bar^:&
stuff. :-)

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)