On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 1:44 AM, Juan Simón <deced...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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. > [examples omitted for brevity] > 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. > I've been programming for a living since 1978 (almost four decades). In that time I've used numerous UNIX and non-UNIX shells. Before switching to fish a few months ago I had been using zsh for ~7 years and before that ksh (Korn shell) for over 15 years. I find the fish approach refreshing. Yes, it takes some getting used to but that's true for any new language. You can read about why I gave up on zsh here: http://www.skepticism.us/2015/10/its-time-to-replace-zsh-with-a-saner-shell-because-unsetopt-multifuncdef-breaks-tab-completion/. Zsh is the poster child for everything wrong with shells that don't have a solid design goals. -- Kurtis Rader Caretaker of the exceptional canines Junior and Hank
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