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


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