Re: mailing lists cannot be searched from the new web pages

2020-07-31 Thread Chavdar Ivanov
On Fri, 31 Jul 2020 at 23:22, Brook Milligan wrote: > > I seems that the "search this site with Google" words on the mailing list web > page (http://mail-index.netbsd.org/) is not a live link. As far as I can > tell, the mailing lists cannot be searched. My understanding is that this is not a

mailing lists cannot be searched from the new web pages

2020-07-31 Thread Brook Milligan
I seems that the "search this site with Google" words on the mailing list web page (http://mail-index.netbsd.org/) is not a live link. As far as I can tell, the mailing lists cannot be searched. Cheers, Brook

Re: OT: User-friendly /bin/sh

2020-07-31 Thread Ottavio Caruso
On Fri, 31 Jul 2020 at 19:58, Bob Bernstein wrote: > > *** Mandatory Trigger Warning /begin *** > Brain-dead noobie post dead ahead! > *** Mandatory Trigger Warning /end *** > > I have learned the hard way not to mess with the shell superuser > is supposed to use. I rarely go to su, but it would

Re: OT: User-friendly /bin/sh

2020-07-31 Thread Bob Bernstein
On Fri, 31 Jul 2020, Bob Bernstein wrote: Can some Good Samaritan please point me to a HOW-TO that would provide the needed basic instructions? Thank you all! And, yes, Mike gets two extra Fig-Newtons on his plate tonight! -- Man is essentially a dreamer, wakened sometimes for a moment by

Re: Recent web page changes

2020-07-31 Thread Robert Nestor
As I recall there used to be a link to the mailing lists on the main web page under the Support category along with the ones that are still listed on the new web page. Finding the link to “Release engineering” used to be a treasure hunt, but now it’s much easier with the link under Developers

Re: OT: User-friendly /bin/sh

2020-07-31 Thread Mike Pumford
On 31/07/2020 20:11, Jordan Geoghegan wrote: >> Can some Good Samaritan please point me to a HOW-TO that would provide >> the needed basic instructions? >> >> Thank you. >> > set -E Enable emacs style command line editing. There is a Vi style one as well. set -o tabcomplete Turn on tab

Re: OT: User-friendly /bin/sh

2020-07-31 Thread Greg Troxel
1) $ su # exec my-favorite-shell 2) read the /bin/sh man page and figure out how to turn them on. you did read that before posting, right? 3) learn how to use sudo signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: OT: User-friendly /bin/sh

2020-07-31 Thread Jordan Geoghegan
On 2020-07-31 11:58, Bob Bernstein wrote: *** Mandatory Trigger Warning /begin *** Brain-dead noobie post dead ahead! *** Mandatory Trigger Warning /end *** I have learned the hard way not to mess with the shell superuser is supposed to use. I rarely go to su, but it would be pleasing if,

OT: User-friendly /bin/sh

2020-07-31 Thread Bob Bernstein
*** Mandatory Trigger Warning /begin *** Brain-dead noobie post dead ahead! *** Mandatory Trigger Warning /end *** I have learned the hard way not to mess with the shell superuser is supposed to use. I rarely go to su, but it would be pleasing if, when I do, I had two features available from

Re: Recent web page changes

2020-07-31 Thread Greg Troxel
Clay Daniels writes: > No one seems to have this fixed yet as far as I can see. However, majordomo > still works. I just sent an email to majord...@netbsd.org with the word > "lists" in the body of the mail, and it returned a list of mailing lists > and other helpful info. At:

Re: Recent web page changes

2020-07-31 Thread Clay Daniels
No one seems to have this fixed yet as far as I can see. However, majordomo still works. I just sent an email to majord...@netbsd.org with the word "lists" in the body of the mail, and it returned a list of mailing lists and other helpful info. I like the new look of the website, but we do need