Improving /etc/motd and ANSI

[Warren Block]

On Mon, 8 Sep 2014, Eric van Gyzen wrote:

> On 09/08/2014 01:32, John-Mark Gurney wrote:
>> Also, we should reference a url for questions or problems, and not
>> include questions@ in the motd... The url can better include
>> information, and other places to find help, like for forums.
>
> Warren:  Thank you for your effort to maintain this.
>
> As another possibility, how about putting just the following in /etc/motd:
>
> ====
>
>    Welcome to FreeBSD!  For help getting started, please visit:
>
>        http://freebsd.org/welcome
>
>    Edit /etc/motd to change this login announcement.
>
> ====
>
> That URL would contain the information currently in /etc/motd.  We could
> easily maintain it to match the real world.  Always up-to-date
> information, extreme flexibility for presentation, small motd, zero risk
> of terminal incompatibility, no confusing quotes.

It was pointed out to me not that long ago that we have no web browser 
in the base install.  Having a URL-only introduction would make it more 
difficult for some users to read that introduction.