Subject: Re: Usability and the default shell
To: None <tech-userlevel@netbsd.org>
From: Christos Zoulas <christos@astron.com>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 10/06/2006 18:51:33
In article <20061006165404.GH2083@apb-laptoy.apb.alt.za>,
Alan Barrett  <apb@cequrux.com> wrote:
>On Fri, 06 Oct 2006, Pavel Cahyna wrote:
>> > a) /bin/sh's built-in default is no line editing at all.
>> > b) There is no default /etc/skel/.shrc.
>> 
>> http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/etc/skel/dot.shrc
>
>Oh, I missed that.  Thanks.
>
>What do people think about adding "set -o tabcomplete" to /etc/shrc?
>
>Changing tabcomplete to treat the first word specially (look for
>commands instead of files)?
>
>Implementing braceexpand?  (Which should definitely be off in sh's
>built-in defaults, because it breaks script compatibility.)
>
>If all that was done, I could stop using bash.

I am fine with all that.

christos