Multiline editing rocks. Here are some thoughts.
The ellipsis (…) at the start and end of lines is cool and makes clear
that the line was wrapped. But it also complicates pasting commands
into an editor, as you have to delete all the ellipses. Granted,
pasting would require re-formatting anyway if a word or string is
continued on a new line. But when indentation is implemented, wrapped
words or strings should not be indented, only commands starting on the
new line.
Also, ellipsis may make editing a little confusing, because it looks
like an ordinary character, but actually you can't delete it. Would
it be better without ellipses? If they stay, can they be color of
comments or something?
Perhaps it would be better to ignore multiple newlines, as they take
too much space. For example,
for x in 1 2 3
echo hello
end
Once entered, a command with an empty line takes terminal space every
time you browse the history. And I don't think a need to use empty
lines arises amlost ever. And if it really does, you can use a line
with an empty comment instead. So the rationale is similar to that
for disapplowing re-printing the prompt after an empty line.
(Unfortunately, Axel must not have liked this feature because he did
away with it; I really liked it.)
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