On Fri, Oct 6, 2017 at 10:47 AM, Glenn Jackman <jack...@pythian.com> wrote:
> Great work.
>
Thanks!
> Some feedback
>
> * POSIX is all caps: should be fixed at fish site too
>
Fixed in article.
> * uninstalling: note that /usr/local/bin is the default directory. Users
> should definitely verify fish is actually there before `rm -rf`
>
I added a note about verifying that fish was installed under /usr/local and
adjusting the paths if not.
> * I did not know about `man fish_command`: +1
> * Dates:
> * this is not fish-specific at all. Why is it here? Perhaps move it to
> the Extras section
>
I moved it there.
> * `strftime` is not a command, it is a system library function for
> writing C code.
>
Fixed.
> I cannot speak to the intent of the fish designers, but fish seems to have
> borrowed (in the best sense of the word) some ideas from the Tcl language.
> Particular the idea of `command subcommand args...`. It's interesting to
> compare [the fish string command](https://fishshell.com
> /docs/current/commands.html#string) with [the Tcl string command](
> https://tcl.tk/man/tcl8.6/TclCmd/string.htm). Tcl was one of my very
> first languages, and I have an enduring love for it: seeing Tcl-ish
> tendencies growing in fish warms my heart.
>
Thanks so much for the feedback!
--
R. Mark Volkmann
Object Computing, Inc.
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