Re: FreeBSD-like approach for Debian? [was: Re: Deficiencies in Debian]
On Thu, 16 Sep 1999, Raul Miller wrote:
> > Thursday, September 16, 1999, 10:50:57 AM, Raul wrote:
> > > Um.. you're just not lazy enough...
> > > # cd /usr/local/bin
> > > # ln -s /usr/bin/perl
>
> On Thu, Sep 16, 1999 at 11:42:21AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote:
> > ln -s `which perl` /usr/local/bin/perl
>
> You're confusing keystroke time with character count.
Hmm....
cd /u<TAB>lo<TAB>b<TAB><ENTER>ln -s /u<TAB>b<TAB>perl<ENTER>
28 keystrokes
ln -s `which perl` /u<TAB>lo<TAB>b<TAB><ENTER>
28 keystrokes
Of course, these assume a fairly clean /, /usr, and /usr/local. Someone
may want to double-check my counting. The answer of course, is that the
first is better, as you don't have to reach for the backtick. ;) BTW, I
know you can also <TAB>complete the which command, but you first have to
type "whic" to get past matching "while", so just typing "h" is simpler.
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