Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 17 Mar 1998 14:33:18 -0500 (EST) | From | "daniel.c.sikorski.1" <> | Subject | Re: New Feature Idea: Configurable text(msgs) |
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On Tue, 17 Mar 1998, Adam Heath wrote:
> During a irc session, I came up with a bright idea to be able to change the > text, "core dump," either at compile time, or at run time through proc. This > would not be an improvement, but hey, it's linux, and we can do anything we > want. > > Some examples that we came up with: > > "Yeah, yeah, he said dump." > "Oh my god, they taped the brutal slaying of Kenny!"
Gotta love the south park idea.....
> > I am not nescessarily saying someone else should do it. I just posted here > before I got started on it myself. If someone else beats me to the punch, > then great. > > Also, why not have most of the error messages configurable? Ie kernel > translations into other languages? > > Adam >
as long as the customizeable error message was accompanied by a message saying what the error actually was, it would be fine, but i can see myself getting pissed off because i changed all my error messages, and can't figure out what the problem actually is.
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