On Sat, 2008-06-07 at 00:42 +0200, Vlastimil Babka wrote: > Joe Peterson wrote: > > The problem with a simple echo is that no "*" appears on the left to > > maintain continuity with the rest of the output - and in a color that > > makes sense in the context (maybe this isn't a "problem" - it depends on > > whether that visual continuity is desired). > > The far biggest problem of echo is IMHO that it's not part of the elog > framework,
Well I mostly included echo as a joke/pun per one of the other comments :) > So how bout some switch to elog > commands that adds extra newline after the message, might look better > than wltjr's "" proposal. Crude I agree, but at least point for shorthand was understood :) > There could be also switch to add newline > before the message but I can't think of a use for it myself. > The question is how to name the switch :) "-n" could be confusing as > "echo -n" has the opposite effect. Maybe "-b" for "blank"? Or -p for preceding -t for trailing. Which would make one liner elog -pt "One line with blank ones before and after" -- William L. Thomson Jr. amd64/Java/Trustees Gentoo Foundation
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