Hi,
I've installed fish shell (git version) and I have found that it's a great
shell , it saves many keystrokes and comfortable to use, but a pain when
writing scripts.I get the impression that want to differentiate themselves
from other shells, and only for this, stuffs get complicated.
For example:
make install; or echo "error"; and echo "ok"
instead of
make install || echo "error" && echo "ok"
begin; echo 'error'; return 1; end
instead of
(echo 'error'; return 1)
but in variables assignment is valid:
set -l _version (readlink /usr/src/linux)
set m 1
instead of
m=1
$argv[1]
instead of
$1
set version (string split -m1 - (readlink /usr/src/linux))
instead of
version=${$(readlink /usr/src/linux)#*-}
etc...
One of the highlights of fish shell is supposedly simplicity: "...its
syntax is simple, clean..." (http://fishshell.com/). I think the above
examples speak for themselves.
It's annoying to me because I like too much this shell but its "Sane"
Scripting no much.
In any case, thanks for your work.
Regards.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
_______________________________________________
Fish-users mailing list
Fish-users@lists.sourceforge.net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fish-users
