Red Hat Nullifies Differences Between Bash, Csh

Andreas(R) writes "Red Hat Software has revealed that future versions of the distribution will hide the differences between command-line user interfaces, creating a 'more unified shell prompt experience'. 'I don't mind if they rebrand and unify the GNOME and KDE interfaces,' said one Linux longhair. 'Frankly, I rarely use GUIs. But when they start messing with my CLI, then it's personal. I'm not going to sit here and let Red Hat infect my beloved tcsh with those annoying quirks from bash." Ah, nothing like satire that only a small group will truly grok. *grin*

Comments

Viper makes me happy

[Jason Earl]

M-x viper-mode.

Re:bash? csh? i give my users...

[DragonWyatt]

/bin/false

It really is much more secure.

Actually, in some old *nixes, that absolutely was NOT the case. If the shell in /etc/passwd returned a non-zero value (note that /bin/false always returns 1), 'login' would drop them immediately to an emergency shell for 'maintenance'- usually a statically-linked Bourne shell, and sometimes a setuid root version!

Not that this behavious persists today, but just to be safe, use /bin/true instead ;) .

Can't wait for vimacs

[SiliconEntity]

Seriously, I often have vi running in the left window and emacs in the right hand one. It's a good mental exercise to switch back and forth between them frequently. I wish I could train myself to use my right hand for emacs and the left for vi, but I'm not there yet. Maybe I could do it with two chord keyboards?

Re: mouse/keyb usage

[distributed.karma]

> Now, as many geeks know, Dvorak made one-handed keyboard layouts, one for the left and one for the right. I've had thoughts about learning the left one to keep my mouse hand free (one or two Slashdotters have claimed they do this; I haven't because I'm a tech/sysadmin and use everyone else's keyboards)

I'm still using the clunky yet compatible QWERTY, but one nice trick to simultaneous mouse/keyboard operation is using the mouse with your left hand (if you're right handed). There are several advantages:

• With only one hand to type with, it's better to use the more dexterous one.
• If you have a desktop keyboard with a number pad, your hands will be closer together and probably more comfortable.
• Using the mouse isn't too complicated for the left hand. Your right-hand dexterity would be wasted on this simple activity.
• Your right hand is naturally closer to the right edge of the keyb, where the arrows and other controls are. Great for web surfing.

I've had it this way for years. Of course for proper touch typing you'll like using both hands, at least with qwerty.