Re: FreeBSD-like approach for Debian? [was: Re: Deficiencies in Debian]
On Thu, Sep 16, 1999 at 12:48:43PM -0700, Jakob 'sparky' Kaivo wrote:
> 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.
>
> --
> Jakob 'sparky' Kaivo - jkaivo@ndn.net - http://www.ndn.net/
> "As time goes on, my signature gets shorter and shorter..." - me
>
What about:
zsh# ln -s =perl /usr/local/bin
<27 keystrokes without assuming anything>
or even:
zsh# ln -s =perl ~lbin
<18 keystrokes if you have ~lbin variable correctly set>
Just picking ;)
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