Whoa. Just installed it and it's beautiful. I'm most surprised by fish_config which fires up a webserver to set config information -- awesome, really awesome.
Fish: Finally, a command line shell for the 90s
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Re: Fish: Finally, a command line shell for the 90s
#62I've been used it. I think lazy people will love it.
Re: Fish: Finally, a command line shell for the 90s
#63So, is this new fish fully compatible with sh syntax? IIRC the original one was not.
Re: Fish: Finally, a command line shell for the 90s
#64They need to update the slogan? "A command line shell for the 90s" doesn't really draw me in. What I want to know: 1. In what specific ways is it better than zsh? 2. Is it absolutely, rock-solid stable?
When I saw the slogan, I thought it was ironic. I kind of like it.
Agree. I'm happy there's finally a Mac term app that can support the same emacs color scheme I was using on a Linux desktop 14 years ago!
Re: Fish: Finally, a command line shell for the 90s
#65Earlier quoted context omitted.
can zsh autocomplete man pages?
Yes it can. Add something like this to your zsh config: zstyle ':completion:*:manuals' separate-sections true zstyle ':completion:*:manuals.*' insert-sections true zstyle ':completion:*:man:*' menu yes select
That's it. This thread sold me. Installing zsh now!
Re: Fish: Finally, a command line shell for the 90s
#66Is there any possibility to provide vi mode? Like 'set -o vi' in bash.
you could always put "set editing-mode vi" in your ~/.inputrc .. this has the advantage of affecting all programs which use readline, gnuplot, python shell, mysql etc.. I also put
"\e[A": history-search-backward
"\e[B": history-search-forward
in the ~/.inputrc which maps arrow up/down to history search.. more tips here http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Use_vi_shortcuts_in_terminal
zsh has a better vi-mode than most of the shells I've tried, although I can't say I've made a serious attempt at using fish..
the color syntax highlighting implemented in zsh is much slower than the fish equivalent though, and can be quite laggy ime
Re: Fish: Finally, a command line shell for the 90s
#67I've never used anything besides bash before. I use a terminal a lot, but don't really do anything fancy so I thought switching would be a waste of time. Reading the features in fish though made me want to give it a whirl.
Re: Fish: Finally, a command line shell for the 90s
#68Earlier quoted context omitted.
~/.config/fish/config.fish http://ridiculousfish.com/shell/user_doc/html/index.html#ini...
I don't see that there...
The directory ~/.config/fish should be there. However, you'll have to create the file config.fish inside that directory, if you want to use it.
I'd hazard a guess that fish_config may do that for you.
Re: Fish: Finally, a command line shell for the 90s
#69'cutting edge technology called threads' oh wow
Re: Fish: Finally, a command line shell for the 90s
#70Doesn't seem to be in Homebrew yet (I mean this fork; the original Fish is there). That brings me to the question: What is different in this fork? Is it worth to use this fork or should I stick to the original?
The features mentioned on the homepage were added to this fork.