Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 01:01:33 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: 839273@gmail.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Backtick versus $() Message-ID: <20110225010133.e0744c68.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTim%2BNOxM1c1cYCm5a=Vcx1AvRrJVazc=jdrvOpOu@mail.gmail.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1102201027170.56885@wonkity.com> <4D61599E.4040008@gmail.com> <AANLkTinJKcy8NyFzW9=6yKEY%2BF_payQVM108_=B7Gyjr@mail.gmail.com> <loom.20110224T210222-768@post.gmane.org> <AANLkTinQ4MMwWq77k1t-SwqE%2BzPep6VCNS9AKdT_H08b@mail.gmail.com> <loom.20110224T214917-136@post.gmane.org> <AANLkTik88V5Bb2BWM0Kpv3rWfek9_%2BgjqmEt6UbsVjpS@mail.gmail.com> <loom.20110224T220407-811@post.gmane.org> <AANLkTikAB--0Hrw76cbdzgfmeJMPt_N7isaw%2Byn_-QMn@mail.gmail.com> <20110224234044.0df661c1.freebsd@edvax.de> <20110224225425.GB13490@guilt.hydra> <20110225001301.e4f6d95f.freebsd@edvax.de> <21929_1298589484_4D66E72C_21929_309_1_D9B37353831173459FDAA836D3B43499BD35499F@WADPMBXV0.waddell.com> <20110225004219.bfbbbd77.freebsd@edvax.de> <AANLkTim%2BNOxM1c1cYCm5a=Vcx1AvRrJVazc=jdrvOpOu@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 24 Feb 2011 19:15:22 -0430, Andres Perera <andres.p@zoho.com> wrote: > funny how you point out trivialities and go on to mention one yourself For an interactive command line shell, it's the "trivialities" that count - for _me_, which indicates that other persons may have very different preferences and requirements. My general impressions are quite good, but they are from a usage point of view, not paying attention to how things are implemented internally. >From my short visit in mksh (which I'm glad to know about now) I found that it does the most things that _I_ do require very well, and even better than bash (although it is more popular). Such trivial things include a standard UNIX prompt (maybe with collapsing $HOME to ~), least interactive comletition behaviour (in opposite to bash), and nice history functions (such as entering a few letters and then parse history with of all command that start that way). Those are things that worked out of the box (except PS1), and that's a really good thing. Additionally, installation went fast, didn't incorporate tons of dependencies, and resulted in a nice small binary - as this would be important today... :-) But it's worth being mentioned. So far, I will see if I will keep using this shell, as it is really promising. Still I would not suggest to remove csh from the system and replace it with mksh. If licensing allows it, it's maybe worth adding mksh to the system, but that is a decision _I_ am not the right person for. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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