On Thursday 08 October 2009 20:33:01 Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:54:26 +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> > And it's usually quicker to type with backticks instead of $():
>
> But nowhere near as clear.
And it's quicker to type "$(" - muscle memory - than to do the whole hunt-
peek-peck thing to find the ` key - I can't touch type it, have to *look* for
it
:-)
> > Note: not single-quotes ('), but backticks (`). It's usually the key
> > above TAB and to the left of 1.
>
> I rest my case :)
>
> Note you can also nest commands when using $(), which you can't do with
> backticks.
That's neat. But,
please provide an example where an actual sane human would actually use it.
Coz I can't think of one...
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