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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!netnews.worldnet.att.net!news.u.washington.edu!root From: "Steven G. Kargl" <kargl@apl.washington.edu> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Suggested package for next release (xless) Date: Tue, 01 Oct 1996 22:18:07 -0700 Organization: University of Washington Lines: 43 Message-ID: <3251FB0F.41C67EA6@apl.washington.edu> References: <52sjn8$4oi@uuneo.neosoft.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp-C1.apl.washington.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2-960801-SNAP i386) Conrad Sabatier wrote: > > I strongly recommend, if xfm is included in the next release's packages > collection, that xless be included, and linked to xfm as a dependency. By > default, xfm invokes xless for the right button popup menu's View command. > > Come to think of it, emacs should me indicated as a dependency as well, as > the Edit command calls it by default. > > As FreeBSD becomes more popular, more care should be given to making it > easier for the first-time user (or out-and-out UNIX newbie). > > I was able to download xless and compile it myself, but I shudder to think > of a novice undertaking such a thing (particularly as the source required > a tweak or two here and there). So, make a port out of your work and submit it to the project. Everyone here is a volunteer, thus you shouldn't expect someone else to do it. Read the handbook on how to set up the make file. > > I *love* FreeBSD. I very seldom use anything else now (occasionally > switch over to Win95, mainly only to pay my bills through Checkfree under > Quicken). Still, I think it *could* be made less intimidating for the new > user. > > I realize you guys are mainly concerned with improving the code itself, > but nonetheless, more time and thought could be put into the "packaging" > (no pun intended), to make it more attractive to newcomers. > > I trust these suggestions do not offend. :-) > -- > Conrad Sabatier | > conrads@neosoft.com | Eschew obfuscation. > http://www.neosoft.com/~conrads | -- Steve finger -l kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu http://troutmask.apl.washington.edu/~kargl/sgk.html