On Sat, 15 Jun 2002, Stas Bekman wrote: > Per Einar Ellefsen wrote: > > > '%' and 'root#' > > Thomas, allan, Jonathan, Per Einar > > > > 'nu%' and 'su%' > > Stas > > > > 'user%' and 'root#' > > Bill > > I suggest as a compromise to go with Bill's suggestion. > > Or if you want: > > man% > god# > > ;)
but God doesn't make mistakes :) > > > no prompt > > Ask > > > > It seems to me like '%' and 'root#' wins. I hope it won't cause too much > > controversy :) > > I'm fine with any solution which uses some prompt, I think the 'root#' > prompt is wrong, because with 2.0 we are moving more into systems where > there is no such a thing as 'root'. And therefore I've suggested 'su' as > superuser (not su(1)), which is a generic concept. The second reason > I've mentioned is the alignment of the command. > > Hmm, still no go for some short name before the prompt? (mp == mod_perl?) > > mp% perl Makefile > mp# make install Assuming it's OK for Win32 (and perhaps others in OS-specific docs) to have a platform-specific prompt, I like the latter - it's aligned, and the directive for doing something special for 'make install' is clear (for those familiar with installing stuff, which is safe to assume). best regards, randy --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
