> Nothing against your intent, or beginners, or something, but Android > is really not the OS one should be learning a Unix shell in.
You are correct. Still, if someone owns only a Windows box and an Android phone, they might end up starting their learning on Android anyway. > And mksh is first and foremost a Berkeley Unix shell. Fine. But today, I noticed that you also maintain the stock Android mkshrc[*]. :) ^ [*]. <https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/mksh/+/master/mkshrc> mksh takes up more than 100 KB, and typical new Android phones seem to include gigabytes of flash memory. I still believe Android could afford the bytes it would cost to include a "help" function in /system/bin/mkshrc which would display something like the following. --- start of help --- This is mksh, the MirBSD Korn Shell. You can use a shell to perform advanced administrative and troubleshooting tasks on your device. You can also use it to capture screenshots and screencasts. To work with files and directories: See <http://www.cs.bu.edu/teaching/unix/reference/commands.html>. To work with Android logs, packages, databases, screencasts, and the like: See <http://developer.android.com/tools/help/adb.html#shellcommands>. If you have a question, comment, bug report, or suggestion: Please visit <http://android.stackexchange.com/>. --- end of help --- This would help new mksh users realize how many things they truly can do in an Android shell. For example, they might have had no idea that they could capture screenshots and screencasts using the command line; but a help message can inform them. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1366451 Title: "mksh -v" should display mksh's version number, plus the attached chunk of text, onscreen To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mksh/+bug/1366451/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
