On Tue, Jan 7, 2025, at 9:42 PM, Xavier Maillard wrote: > I already have read that. My question was really this one: is it fine > to use ‘function’ as a mean to define what could have been a simple > abbreviation. > > For example: > > function wget --description 'alias wget=wget > --hsts-file="$XDG_DATA_HOME/wget-hsts"' > command wget --hsts-file="$XDG_DATA_HOME/wget-hsts" $argv > end > > Or > > abbr -a wget 'wget --hsts-file="$XDG_DATA_HOME/wget-hsts"’ > > Which one is okay/preferred ?
I think that they are both okay. I think the preference is for you to decide. I think that the documentation that I mentioned at https://fishshell.com/docs/current/interactive.html#abbreviations explains the difference: "The advantage [of abbreviations] over aliases [and functions] is that you can see the actual command before using it, add to it or change it, and the actual command will be stored in history." If you want that feature, use an abbreviation. If you don't want that feature, use an alias/function. If you don't care then you don't care. _______________________________________________ Fish-users mailing list Fish-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fish-users
