On 12/16/05, Axel Liljencrantz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If I remember correctly (Big if, my memory is terrible) Philip suggested > this a long time ago. I though it was a great idea then, and I still do. > Not trivial to implement, but I'll get to it in time. I hope.
Glad you like it, I hope I didn't sound like I was nagging or something. I mentioned it because I got a more concrete idea of how it could feel since the last time. > As to differentiating between non-existing commands and commands that are > a prefix of an existing command, I failt to see when this is useful > information. If you are unsure of it, why not press tab and see all > possible completions? In theory, it's useful to know as soon as you make a typo, so you can stop typing and correct it there. That helps poor memory -- as soon as you type "apt_", you will realize that the command is not "apt_get" but "apt-get" (or "aptget"). As it is, you type the whole word, and if it's red, you have to go through and look for the error. For similar reasons, it's also helpful for less experienced typists. > Aside from the lack of relevance, I also think it is confusing. The > current highligting uses green (everything is ok) and red (error, bad, > christmas). ... and love > [...] I think you can simply look at the highlighting and guess what > it means. A third color would remove that advantage, IMO. Black means "keep typing", green means "is this what you meant, else keep typing", red means "stop typing and correct". What's confusing and what advantage do you lose? I'm not pushing anyone to implement it, I just want to explain why I think it's good design. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idv37&alloc_id865&op=click _______________________________________________ Fish-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fish-users
