[Fish-users] nerds and fishes

2006-10-05 Thread Martin Bähr
http://german-bash.org/27810 translation: <@ScottyTM> nerds and fisches <@ScottyTM> a strange combination <@wbx> why? both hang out for hours in front of a glass pane ;) i don't like the term nerd, but this was just to funny... greetings, martin. -- cooperative communication with sTeam

Re: [Fish-users] fish file locations

2006-10-05 Thread Martin Bähr
On Fri, Oct 06, 2006 at 03:03:25AM +0200, Axel Liljencrantz wrote: > The nice and friendly warning will tell them what happened, true. need to be sure they see the warning though. might not happen if the first shell process is not interactive > and they can copy the files back. yeah, but the n

Re: [Fish-users] fish file locations

2006-10-05 Thread Axel Liljencrantz
On 10/6/06, Martin Bähr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 05, 2006 at 11:06:21PM +0200, Axel Liljencrantz wrote: > > I don't like the idea of having two standard user configuration files > > at all, I'm afraid. I'd rather have only ~/.config/fish/fish than > > both. > > fair point. i agree.

Re: [Fish-users] (no subject)

2006-10-05 Thread Martin Bähr
On Fri, Oct 06, 2006 at 02:54:13AM +0200, Axel Liljencrantz wrote: > >yes, but it makes me think that this is something that can be shared > >across multiple machines. global makes me think of system-wide (consider > >the term "world-readable" actually meaning readable system-wide.) > world-readabl

Re: [Fish-users] (no subject)

2006-10-05 Thread Axel Liljencrantz
On 10/6/06, Martin Bähr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 06, 2006 at 12:04:47AM +0200, Axel Liljencrantz wrote: > > The 'local' and 'global' names are used in so many other languages > > that it is very probable that most fish users will be familiar with > > the terms. > > in which language

Re: [Fish-users] (no subject)

2006-10-05 Thread Martin Bähr
On Fri, Oct 06, 2006 at 12:04:47AM +0200, Axel Liljencrantz wrote: > The 'local' and 'global' names are used in so many other languages > that it is very probable that most fish users will be familiar with > the terms. in which languages? i absolutely do not have that perception. and even then i

Re: [Fish-users] fish file locations

2006-10-05 Thread Axel Liljencrantz
On 10/4/06, Martin Bähr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 01:47:41AM +0200, Axel Liljencrantz wrote: > > But I strongly dislike moving the > > users files. It's bad for your health. > > which is why it may be better now than later. > it will only get worse. Agreed. If this chang

Re: [Fish-users] fish file locations

2006-10-05 Thread Martin Bähr
On Thu, Oct 05, 2006 at 11:06:21PM +0200, Axel Liljencrantz wrote: > I don't like the idea of having two standard user configuration files > at all, I'm afraid. I'd rather have only ~/.config/fish/fish than > both. fair point. i agree. > Sorry, I'll try to be less humor impaired in the future. :-

Re: [Fish-users] (no subject)

2006-10-05 Thread Jason Grossman
On 06/10/2006, at 8:04 am, Axel Liljencrantz wrote: > The 'local' and 'global' names are used in so many > other languages that it is very probable that most fish users will be > familiar with the terms. Or am I wrong here? You know, I think you MIGHT be wrong. Or rather, I'm sure you're righ

Re: [Fish-users] "global" and "universal"

2006-10-05 Thread Axel Liljencrantz
On 10/5/06, Jason Grossman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 06/10/2006, at 5:07 am, Axel Liljencrantz wrote: > > > Hello Jason, > > > > There are three levels of variable locality for variables in fish: > > > > * local, meaning local to some specific block of code. Once the end of > > that block i

Re: [Fish-users] (no subject)

2006-10-05 Thread Axel Liljencrantz
On 10/5/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/4/06, Jason Grossman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm finding the names "global" and "universal" (for variables) > > confusing. They sound to me like they should mean the same thing. > > Since fish emphasises discoverability, could

Re: [Fish-users] "global" and "universal"

2006-10-05 Thread Jason Grossman
On 06/10/2006, at 5:07 am, Axel Liljencrantz wrote: > Hello Jason, > > There are three levels of variable locality for variables in fish: > > * local, meaning local to some specific block of code. Once the end of > that block is reached, the variable dissapears. > * global, meaning that the varia

Re: [Fish-users] Multiline editing

2006-10-05 Thread Axel Liljencrantz
On 10/5/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Multiline editing rocks. Here are some thoughts. > > The ellipsis (…) at the start and end of lines is cool and makes clear > that the line was wrapped. But it also complicates pasting commands > into an editor, as you have to delete all t

Re: [Fish-users] "global" and "universal"

2006-10-05 Thread Axel Liljencrantz
On 10/5/06, Jason Grossman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm finding the names "global" and "universal" (for variables) > confusing. They sound to me like they should mean the same thing. > Since fish emphasises discoverability, could they have more self- > explanatory names? Hello Jason, There a