Subject: Re: Using build.sh, a question
To: Luke Mewburn <lukem@netbsd.org>
From: Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
List: current-users
Date: 06/04/2003 11:54:26
Ar an 4ú lá de mí 6, scríobh Luke Mewburn :
> On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 08:26:58AM +0100, Aidan Kehoe wrote:
> | > (I program (POSIX) sh but I use tcsh interactively.)
> |
> | The tcsh on this machine doesn't support it. Try zsh.
>
> I was only asking about the feature from a curiosity point of view,
> and not because I had any requirement to change my interactive shell
> at this point.
Okay. As someone pointed out, it is a ksh-ism, so it's entirely reasonable
that tcsh doesn't support it. I suggested zsh because it's probably going to
be the more comfortable of the shells that do support it for a tcsh user to
use; if you are comfortable with the tcsh, and have no great need for this
feature, then good for you :-)
> FWIW, the first time a z(sh)ealot tried to get all ``I'm cooler than
> you because I use zsh which is a superior shell to yours because it
> has feature XXX'' on me I hacked said feature into tcsh in about 10
> minutes... :-)
Well done. As a personal opinion, I think the Z shell is the best out
there. It is not, however, going to cure any BO problems, improve your
social skills or write brilliant C code when idle so you don't have to. It's
a Unix shell, and it's going to make your life 0.00001% better if you're
lucky.
OTOH, not having to hack something in and try to get it included with the
standard distribution so you don't have to copy it everywhere--having it
Just Work--makes a difference to me.
> Speaking of which, it shouldn't be too hard to hack "cd src obj" in tcsh.
I'm sure it shouldn't be.
> (Actually, I do miss separate stderr/stdout redirection and multi-line
> editing in tcsh, but that's about it.).
Why did you change to tcsh, as a matter of interest?
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