From nobody Tue Mar 28 22:26:14 2023 X-Original-To: questions@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4PmPRM458fz42Wlt for ; Tue, 28 Mar 2023 22:26:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from possessor.assizer305@aceecat.org) Received: from beesty.loosely.org (beesty.loosely.org [IPv6:2600:3c01:e000:4c0::2]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4PmPRL2pskz3Js8 for ; Tue, 28 Mar 2023 22:26:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from possessor.assizer305@aceecat.org) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=aceecat.org header.s=rsa header.b=C8cmGVMB; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of possessor.assizer305@aceecat.org designates 2600:3c01:e000:4c0::2 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=possessor.assizer305@aceecat.org; dmarc=none DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=aceecat.org ; s=rsa; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:Message-ID: Subject:To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To:Cc:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe: List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=XiL5bXmctXtuc1KzQwDllWajHoeyYKfEtE4FLrAQs9A=; b=C8cmGVMBkiaeJ8A87CUTxyaW9V X/M8R97fv9IcSKLmOTRbs25PW7Ljr7c99j4k678dLp+e1FEmkXiLC6hsH6DC9M/81S2YOpMoiBahs viBQh+DXyEmLC1fRNSspcFhWjdSooQ4SxnwLk4dCZYDbnscshWKqenA6Nf9wjG5ED5OqcfWNbVbT4 ZTg+6A5+WVV+Hjqcc7Cb8a95FZ0B39btBo3ZbkYyfC7hwRN5OVqx/Per4RFvV69SWoQM/1Rdnyj9s unpdHIXWW9+7/pastZA+sCVjPFYHzvkMfm2etFBTEwwhS+UcWtskmMniePgpRrwqm2xkA0wiqRAG+ w7somH1A==; Received: from [::1] (port=52250 helo=beesty ident=itz) by beesty.loosely.org with esmtp (Exim 4.96-7-bb069266a) (envelope-from ) id 1phHle-00054E-0e for questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 28 Mar 2023 15:26:14 -0700 Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2023 15:26:14 -0700 From: possessor.assizer305@aceecat.org To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bye, bye, bash Message-ID: <20230328222614.zt547yjzzwu7hcx3@beesty> Mail-Followup-To: questions@freebsd.org References: <585369190.19119.1679792115567@ichabod.co-bxl> List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.00 / 15.00]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; MID_RHS_NOT_FQDN(0.50)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+mx]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[aceecat.org:s=rsa]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; FROM_NO_DN(0.00)[]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[questions@freebsd.org]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; ASN(0.00)[asn:63949, ipnet:2600:3c01::/32, country:SG]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[aceecat.org:+]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[aceecat.org]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4PmPRL2pskz3Js8 X-Spamd-Bar: -- X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N On Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 11:13:32PM -0400, Kurt Hackenberg wrote: > Emacs normally treats the keyboard Alt keys as the modifier Meta, > but that may not work on a terminal or terminal emulator, and of > course bash always runs on a terminal. Emacs and bash have an > alternative -- instead of modifying a key with Meta, precede it with > the character Escape -- but that's slow to type, a real hindrance. Having just refilled your paragraph above with Esc Q , I can testify that while slower, it is also much less likely to cause RSI when used too often. :-) -- Ian