Couldn't the parsing be more sensitive to the possible errors, thus
avoiding a second pass? For example, if '$' is followed by an illegal
character, check which character that is; if it's "!", print an error
message like "
The '$' character begins a variable name. The character '!',
which directl
> On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 5:39 AM, Suraj N. Kurapati <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> As was already discussed at least once, if we want to automatically
> offer hints to users from other shells, we want a system orthogonal to
> the normal parser. For starters, triggering hints by simple string
> searc
On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 5:39 AM, Suraj N. Kurapati <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Myrddin Emrys wrote:
>> While it might be a good idea to create a 'second chance parsing' for
>> help text, it's a large amount of work.
>
As was already discussed at least once, if we want to automatically
offer hints t
