Re: several important questions

[q-funk@megacom.net (Martin-Eric Racine)]

 >  2) MiNT "kill process"
 >
 >     According to 3 books on Unix I've read, Control-D is the standard
 >     "kill process" command, but MiNT uses Control-C.  Any reason?
 >     Since Control-C was already reserved by GEM for Clipboard, it would
 >     make more sense to stick to the Unix standard, wouldn't it?
 >
 >The 3 books on Unix you read must have been written by CP/M experts.
 >The default interrupt character in Unix is the pound-sign ('#'). Normal
 >practice on BSD systems is to reassign it to Ctrl-C. Ctrl-D is reserved
 >for EOF, and has never been commonly used as the interrupt character.

An example, quoted from "Rescued by Unix, p.24 (A.Hansen), Jamsa Press":

"To log out, you can use the 'exit' command. [...] An alternative that 
works on most systems is Ctrl-D. This key combination sends a code that
stops a running program, such as your shell."

I wasn't aware that CP/M has different shorcuts. This could explain 
the oversight/mistake if any, though. :)

 >  3) SH configuration file
 >
 >     Is there a config file that is common to both BASH and TCSH, where
 >     all aliases and preferences could be set for both simulataneously?
 >
 >BASH is a Bourne Shell derivative, TCSH is a C-Shell derivative. Their
 >command syntax is very different.

Ahh ok.

 >     WHERE can one preset their preferences for FILE and FOLDER masks?
 >     Or actually, is there something like a .umaskrc ??
 >     
 >Dunno. I guess that would belong in mint.cnf if your .cshrc or .profile
 >aren't good enough.

Thanks for the answers.

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