I am open to suggestions and patches. I don't think the syntax strange, though: it offers a clear and distinct way to differentiate Python and shell commands, and shell commands can access Python variables when specified. And it is a simple rule, without footnotes needed.
On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 11:25 AM, Amirouche Boubekki < amirouche.boube...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > 2012/10/3 Jonathan Hayward <jonathan.hayw...@pobox.com> > >> The chief benefit besides the searching, so far, is that you can use Py3k >> mixed with shell commands as the scripting language--so script in Python >> instead of bash. >> >> When using Python for scripting, Python lines are indented by an extra >> tab (or four spaces) while shell-like commands are not indented. So: >> >> cjsh> for index in range(10): >> ----> echo %(index)d >> ----> >> 0 >> 1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >> 5 >> 6 >> 7 >> 8 >> 9 >> >> Echo could (and maybe should) be a built-in, but it isn't. The output is >> os.system()'ed to bash, which echoes based on a command that includes the >> value of a Python variable. The implementation is a bit crude, but it is >> reasonably powerful. >> >> I have other things on the agenda, like making it able to run scripts and >> doing fuzzy matching, but for now those are the main two attractions. >> > > Is it possible to drop completly the bash syntax and use some python > library (I saw it on github) that wraps bash commands with python functions > or the other around making it possible to call python functions with a > bash-like syntax. The syntax you are talking about seems strange. > > Regards, > > Amirouche > -- [image: Christos Jonathan Hayward] <http://jonathanscorner.com/> Christos Jonathan Hayward, an Orthodox Christian author. *Amazon <http://amazon.com/author/cjshayward>* • Author Bio<http://jonathanscorner.com/author/> • *Email <christos.jonathan.hayw...@gmail.com>* • Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/christos.jonathan.hayward> • Google Plus <http://jonathanscorner.com/plus> • *Kindle<http://stornge.com/amazon> * • LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanhayward> • *Professional<http://jonathanhayward.com/> * • Twitter <http://twitter.com/JonathansCorner> • *Web<http://jonathanscorner.com/> * • What's New? <http://jonathanscorner.com/> I invite you to visit my "theology, literature, and other creative works" site. *See one page of my website! <http://random.jonathanscorner.com/>*
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