On Nov 2, 2007 1:13 AM, Martin Bähr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 01:00:58AM +0100, Axel Liljencrantz wrote: > > > - Fish help facilities are great ! One thing though: hypertext is > > > great, but I don't like it openned *by default* out of the term I'm > > > in, somewhere out there in a graphical browser... > > That's easy to fix! :-) > > set -U BROWSER links > > that would change the default browser, ideally i'd prefer to set a browser > specifically for fish somewhere. >
IT would be possible to make a wrapper around the help function that sets browser, calls the internal help function, resets browser and exits. It's a bit of a hassle, though. > on debian systems there are also www-browser and x-www-browser links, > where www-browser points to a terminal application. > > > > 2)<tab><tab> picking one from the proposed completions and rotates, > > > when I'm really lazy taping.... > > I've though a lot about that. I definitly want some interface where > > you can pick one of the available completions, but I'm not really sure > > that is the right interface. > > vi does that, and it's really annoying. without seeing the list, i can't > tell how often i need to hit tab to make it work, and even with seeing > the list, if you have lots of completions then you may have to hit tab > hundreds of times. or you have to go back and delete a few chars to get > to the point you need to continue. > > maybe it's possible to show a suggestion without moving the cursor to > the end so that you can continue typing and simply ignore the > suggestion. like autocomplete in some applications. I imagine that one should still get the pager, only it is possible to select an item from it. And I definitely think that you should be able to exit the pager by starting to type. > > > speaking of completions, is it possible to make > /foo/bar<tab>gazong NOT jump to the end of gazong but actually complete > /foo/bar? > Yes, it would. I've been planning on removing that feature for a long time, since I don't really like it that much. Haven't gotten to it... Axel > greetings, martin. > -- > cooperative communication with sTeam - caudium, pike, roxen and unix > offering: programming, training and administration - anywhere in the world > -- > pike programmer working in new zealand open-steam.org|webhaven.co.nz > unix system- bahai.or.at iaeste.(tuwien.ac|or).at > administrator (caudium|gotpike).org is.schon.org > Martin Bähr http://www.iaeste.or.at/~mbaehr/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 _______________________________________________ Fish-users mailing list Fish-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fish-users
