Badassify your terminal and shell

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Post by merih » Wed, Nov 05, 2014, 10:12 PM UTC

Badassify your terminal and shell
jilles.me

Re: Badassify your terminal and shell

#2

Post by rosser » Wed, Nov 05, 2014, 10:30 PM UTC

And what happens when you have to use the terminal on a machine that hasn't been "badassified"?

Re: Badassify your terminal and shell

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Post by Foxboron » Wed, Nov 05, 2014, 10:35 PM UTC

rosser wrote: post #2

And what happens when you have to use the terminal on a machine that hasn't been "badassified"?

Not much. If you do this you are usually pretty used to a normal terminal. I usually just tab way more then i should in bash. Thats it.

Re: Badassify your terminal and shell

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Post by Sonicmouse » Wed, Nov 05, 2014, 10:40 PM UTC

rosser wrote: post #2

And what happens when you have to use the terminal on a machine that hasn't been "badassified"?

Exactly ... Back to basics.

Just learn how to use the terminal in its default form. We've been doing it for years efficiently.

Re: Badassify your terminal and shell

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Post by aselzer » Wed, Nov 05, 2014, 10:48 PM UTC

rosser wrote: post #2

And what happens when you have to use the terminal on a machine that hasn't been "badassified"?

I copy this into the boring terminal and run it: https://gist.github.com/AlexanderSelzer/ba487126454672a6596d

There's no zsh or iTerm2, but it is much easier to read. I guess it would be possible to make something that downloads the binaries, sets them up temporarily and opens them.

Re: Badassify your terminal and shell

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Post by jordanpg » Wed, Nov 05, 2014, 10:49 PM UTC

I went to look at some of the amazing zsh plugins, and found this endorsement flashing in front of me: "I just can't imagine not using oh-my-zsh. I can believe I won't have to mess around with .bashrc again."

And then I wondered: what on earth are you doing in the command line if you don't want to "mess around with .bashrc"?

I guess the point is to turn the CLI into a mouse-less GUI?

Re: Badassify your terminal and shell

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Post by hackmiester » Wed, Nov 05, 2014, 10:50 PM UTC

Please do not pipe code from random downloads into your shell!

Re: Badassify your terminal and shell

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Post by dennisnedry » Wed, Nov 05, 2014, 10:51 PM UTC

jordanpg wrote: post #6

I went to look at some of the amazing zsh plugins, and found this endorsement flashing in front of me: "I just can't imagine not using oh-my-zsh. I can believe I won't have to mess around with .bashrc again." And then I wondered: what on earth are you doing in the command line if you don't want to "mess around with .bashrc"? I guess the point is to turn the CLI into a mouse-less GUI?

Or the fact that it asks you to install iTerm. My favorite thing about Terminal.app is that it's already there, just a spotlite command away, and you can theme it as well.

Re: Badassify your terminal and shell

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Post by eps » Wed, Nov 05, 2014, 10:53 PM UTC

Say what you will about the whole post, but the z script is very neat - https://github.com/rupa/z

Re: Badassify your terminal and shell

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Post by rimunroe » Wed, Nov 05, 2014, 10:54 PM UTC

rosser wrote: post #2

And what happens when you have to use the terminal on a machine that hasn't been "badassified"?

Yes. Things should not be customized because not everything is customized. Personally, when I drive a car I never adjust the seat or mirror positions. I also never store anyone's contact info in my phone because then I wouldn't know what to do if I lost my phone.

Seriously though, having aliases, scripts, or complex programs to help doesn't cripple you unless those things themselves force you into a state you are unable to reach out of.

I've never found myself on a new machine feeling helpless because I didn't have a shell with all the customizations I'm used to; I only felt some annoyance. Said annoyance was far less than the cumulative annoyance I felt before making those changes--and the amount they have saved me since.