Show HN: Lisp Shell

#1

Post by dexterlagan » Thu, Apr 19, 2018, 6:17 PM UTC

Show HN: Lisp Shell
github.com

Re: Show HN: Lisp Shell

#2

Post by nerdponx » Thu, Apr 19, 2018, 7:08 PM UTC

As long as the top-level commands don't have to be manually wrapped in (), I like this idea.

Re: Show HN: Lisp Shell

#3

Post by hawkice » Thu, Apr 19, 2018, 7:12 PM UTC

Fun Unix Trivia Time: Touch is supposed to update modified times. That it creates files when they don't exist is only the most common use, not the point of the thing.

Re: Show HN: Lisp Shell

#4

Post by HerrMonnezza » Thu, Apr 19, 2018, 7:12 PM UTC

It would be nice to see some examples of the syntax, maybe a couple of simple scripts...

E.g., the README states that 'cd/' is an alias for '(cd "/")' which seems to imply that one has to wrap every command in '()' and quote every filename... not very practical for a shell!

Re: Show HN: Lisp Shell

#5

Post by sam-s » Thu, Apr 19, 2018, 7:14 PM UTC

CLASH: CLisp As SHell http://clisp.org/clash.html

Re: Show HN: Lisp Shell

#6

Post by convolvatron » Thu, Apr 19, 2018, 7:29 PM UTC

sam-s wrote: post #5

CLASH: CLisp As SHell http://clisp.org/clash.html

suprised no one has posted the venerable https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scsh

Re: Show HN: Lisp Shell

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Post by justinhj » Thu, Apr 19, 2018, 7:32 PM UTC

hawkice wrote: post #3

Fun Unix Trivia Time: Touch is supposed to update modified times. That it creates files when they don't exist is only the most common use, not the point of the thing.

Weird. I learned these two things in the opposite order. I guess my first use of touch was to test out makefiles

Re: Show HN: Lisp Shell

#8

Post by dexterlagan » Thu, Apr 19, 2018, 7:36 PM UTC

hawkice wrote: post #3

Fun Unix Trivia Time: Touch is supposed to update modified times. That it creates files when they don't exist is only the most common use, not the point of the thing.

Thanks! I implemented this just to create blank files, and didn't bother researching correctness. That's exactly the kind of correction I was hoping for when posting to HN. My first post too.

Re: Show HN: Lisp Shell

#9

Post by millettjon » Thu, Apr 19, 2018, 7:37 PM UTC

See also clojure shell https://github.com/dundalek/closh

Re: Show HN: Lisp Shell

#10

Post by dexterlagan » Thu, Apr 19, 2018, 7:38 PM UTC

nerdponx wrote: post #2

As long as the top-level commands don't have to be manually wrapped in (), I like this idea.

Thanks for writing. That's why I made this little shell in the first place: I wanted something quick that worked mostly like sh, but with a Racket inside.