/etc/motd summary

[Bryan Drewery]

On 9/8/2014 2:08 PM, Warren Block wrote:
> Summarizing the responses and changes to /etc/motd:
> 
>   Using ANSI has both philosphical and practical problems, and should be
>   avoided.  In short, it has cooties.
> 
>   Extra horizontal whitespace is the least likely to cause problems as
>   command delimiters, and inoffensive to most responders.  Rearranging
>   the information into a list of URLs is a net win.
> 
>   Shorter is better.  A simpler motd that links to a single web page
>   might be acceptable.
> 
> My suggestions:
> 
> Short-term:
> 
> Here is the most popular/least objectionable version with all of the
> suggestions implemented as best I could:
> 
> http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/motd/motd.whitespace-url

  For other languages, replace "en" with a language code like de or fr.

Should de and fr also be quoted?

I don't mean to bikeshed on this but I find the spaced commands
confusing. I find quoted commands more readable:

  Please include the output of 'uname -a' and any relevant error messages...
  Use 'man man' for an introduction to manual pages. 'man hier'
describes the.

or `cmd` or `cmd'

-- 
Regards,
Bryan Drewery

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