On 2 September 2012 19:25, erik quanstrom <quans...@quanstro.net> wrote:
> works here:
> ; for(i in 1 2 3){echo $i;break}This change seems to have not got into the main plan9 source. Should be there. Together with continue, since 'continue' may simplify readability. > >> - sane user interface (rlwrap rc won't give you THE TRUE POWER OF >> AUTOCOMPLETE) > > lol. I too believe that unless the mechanism of autocomplete is well-enough resolved, rc won't work for many people. I understand the reasons why readline is not in the shell, but on the other hand I often get angry when I can't autocomplete. Sometimes I just do not remember the exact name of a command, sometimes I can't use variables in a path on the command line since I do not exactly remember what should come next (like sam $directory^/something; ctrl-f doesn't help), etc. Also the problem of not being able to repeat last few commands so simply as can be done elsewhere is disappointing (if there is a lot of error output from the previous command, saying that one must look back, find the command, change it, ...). Rsc's " and "" scripts help much, but still are not so straightforward as an up-arrow. (Again, I understand that for the latter-like behaviour one needs cursor addressing.) Sometimes, perhaps, some complexity is useful. Ruda
