On Sun, Mar 26, 2006 at 11:44:07AM +0300, Jari Aalto wrote:
> | tags 342890 + wontfix
> | thanks
> |
> | Jari Aalto writes:
> | > Package: bash
> | > Version: 3.0-17
> | > Severity: normal
> | >
> | > There are couple of places where `` are used in the /etc/skel/.bashrc.
> | > It would be better to use more visually readable alternative $() for
> | > everything. The backtick(`) is hard to find and type in various
> | > terminals and depending on font, it's barely visible and easily
> | > confused with tick(').
> |
> | maybe. you could change your font as well. If $() is more readable
> | than `` seems to be a matter of context.
>
> In order to differentiate (to see) the ticks (from single quotes) it
> is not feasible to ask users to change their fonts, when there would
> be a posix alternative $() that would work in any environment.
>
> The $() also nests, whereas the old style doesn't. Person's looking at
> the code would therefore learn the better alternative.
But $() isn't as widely supported, so it isn't clear to me which is better.
Justin
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