On Thu, 9 Jul 2015 17:07:43 +0100 Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.uk> wrote:
> On Thu, 09 Jul 2015 15:07:40 +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > > >> <smug>I can't test it myself as a use a superior shell to > > >> Bash</smug> > > > > > > Which one? And why is it superior to bash? > > > > Don't ask such questions ;-) > > > > This is in the same vein as the "emacs vs vim" argument. > > True, people persist with Bash and vim, but in the latter case it > appears to be because they actually like it :-O > > Most people use Bash because it is the default and they have never tried > anything else - just like the situation with most computer users and > Windows. > > I'd been lectured on the wonders of zsh in the past, but it was only when > I had to learn to use it (I wrote a comparative review of shells) that I > realised what it offered over Bash as an interactive shell. As a > scripting language, Bash is probably better, although if I need that > much functionality in a script I would use Python instead of any shell > variant. > > We now return you to your scheduled programming. Because of your previous remark, I started to look at zsh. I have never used any sophisticated features of bash, so almost no old habits will stand on my way to zsh. :-) Only the lack of time to read the documentation. :-) I say "almost no old habits" because I actually have one: I used to Ctrl-R to search through the command history in bash and so far I have not figured what will be its equivalent in zsh, especially if to set its "input mode" to vim-like. But, probably, it is a question for zsh-use mailing list. :-)
