On Sun, Aug 20, 2017 at 3:28 PM, Mark Volkmann <r.mark.volkm...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 20, 2017 at 5:15 PM, Kurtis Rader <kra...@skepticism.us>
> wrote:
>>
>> This statement, "for Window, can only run in Cygwin", isn't true. While
>> we do not, and probably will never support fish as a native command
>> interpreter it can be used in Cygwin and the new Windows 10 "bash"
>> environment (more accurately known as "Windows Subsystem for Linux" or WSL).
>>
>
> Are there notes somewhere that describe how to get fish to run in the
> Windows 10 bash environment?
> That seems preferable over using Cygwin.
>
Not yet. When we started work to ensure fish would run inside WSL that
environment was still in beta status. In theory using the ready made
Debian/Ubuntu packages should work. I suspect most of us who have tested
fisn inside WSL have built it from source.
> Also, keep in mind that fish 3.0, hopefully released 2018Q1, will have
>> many improvements and cleanups. Among them will be replacing the use of
>> `bc` to evaluate math expressions with a builtin command. We already merged
>> changes that can make manipulating fish variables up to 40% faster. See
>> https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/milestone/18 for the current
>> working list. There are many other changes we can only do in a major
>> release that might make it into 3.0. See https://github.com/fish-sh
>> ell/fish-shell/milestone/7 for other items that might make it into 3.0.
>>
>
> Is fish 3 far enough along that I should be learning in that version or do
> you think I should wait for the official release?
>
I recommend new users wait for the official release. The vast majority of
the changes won't break anything people are already doing with fish but
it's always a possibility since the whole point of a major release is to
take some risks. Specifically, making changes that might break existing
fish scripts. And we're currently making changes at a fast rate so you'll
only want to use the bleeding edge version if you're willing to risk some
pain.
--
Kurtis Rader
Caretaker of the exceptional canines Junior and Hank
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