[TEST/REVIEW/HEADSUP] tty drivers mega-patch
Marcel Moolenaar
marcel at xcllnt.net
Wed Jul 14 11:46:37 PDT 2004
On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 11:38:57AM -0700, Don Lewis wrote:
> >
> > Seriously: the origin of cua is mostly lost and systems like UUCP
> > have already been removed from the source tree. Anybody new to
> > FreeBSD and who hasn't been around since the epoch will completely
> > fail to see why the device is called the way it is.
>
> I still use cu(1), though I don't know why the man page suggests using
> the /dev/ttyXX device. The /etc/remote file uses the cua device.
I use cu(1) too, but always with the -l option. Probably because I'm
too lazy to setup a system name.
Also: the fact that we have fingerfriendly shortcuts in /etc/remote
as well as calling them that way is sufficient indication that cua*
is just plain non-obvious and ackward to a lot of users.
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Marcel Moolenaar USPA: A-39004 marcel at xcllnt.net
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