On Nov 5, 2007 9:44 PM, Piotr Lesnicki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi again, and thanks for your answers ! > > > > - I don't understand the multiline editing for things other than > > > function/loops, eg : > > > ls \ > > > -l > > > doesn't work as "ls -l" ?! An I need multiline for clearer scripts > > > > > > > This is how I personally expect things to work. I expect a backlashed > > newline to be the same thing as a real newline except it doesn't cuase > > the command to exit right now. But I may be in a minority, dunno. Most > > shellscript languages seem to do what you expect, but e.g. CPP does > > what I expect. > > So, what I was thinking about was something to put a command on > multiple lines not in an interactive shell, but in a script: > > my_command_with_many arguments \ > argument_1 \ > argument_2 \ # a comment about this > ...
Yup, there are places where you want that. In my experience, those situations can usually be rewritten into multiple statements instead, much the same way as really long lines in e.g. C can. But it's still a pretty valid argument. > > > > - two things that I miss from my zsh config: > > > 1)the right prompt, i saw it's on your plans, that would be my top wish > > > :) > > > > The current devel version of fish has something different with mostly > > the same advantages. If you are writing a command which becomes too > > long to fit on the line, the prompt will automatically move to a line > > of it's own, giving the shellscript code the entire screen width to > > itself. This is of course not the same thing, but hopefully it's good > > enough until someone implements a right hand side prompt. Personally, > > I've found it to be a very nice feature. > > Ok, so for me the main advantage of a right prompt is not only for the > long commands, but mainly for the fact that on the left side my prompt > is of *fixed size* and everything is well aligned : so it's mostly a > clarity issue :) Valid point. A right side prompt might show up one day. Wouldn't reject a nice patch... :-) > > Have a good time hacking on fish ! :-) (and next being defaut on > $your_favorite_distribution and next world domination) > Concerning myself I am still jungling between fish and zsh (mainly > because the second still has better completions of the second for git, > configure, make etc) but now it's definitively harder to live without > fish syntax coloring, simple and well done history search, completions > without messing with an infinite config file... > I'd love to have git completions. As for make completions, what is fish lacking? Axel > Piotr > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
