---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mara Kim <hacker.r...@gmail.com> Date: Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 4:34 AM Subject: Re: to - Bookmark file system locations in bash on POSIX-like systems To: Pierre Gaston <pierre.gas...@gmail.com>
Hi Pierre, I read it, but maybe I missed something. There didn't seem to be much info. I'm not really a fan. It's a bit unintuitive, and it's less obvious what is happening when you look at a command history. I seriously have not met a single person IRL that knows about CDPATH. I have gotten the suggestion to use CDPATH in 'to' before, but I'm not really sure there is a compelling reason. -- Mara On Apr 4, 2013 4:18 AM, "Pierre Gaston" <pierre.gas...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 11:58 AM, Mara Kim <hacker.r...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Chris! >> >> Actually, this is great! Style critique, plus runtime analysis. Am I >> dreaming? :D >> >> I see your point regarding the use of variables to hold commands. Using >> PATH is a much better method of handling that functionality. And with the >> magic of vim and git *POOF* it's gone... >> >> What is do you mean specifically by function vs [? Do you mean parens? >> Is >> function a bash-ism? >> >> I am really only enthusiastic about the interface of 'to'. While 'jump' >> has a faster running time, 'to' lets you move directly to subdirectories >> of >> your bookmark. For example, '$ to foo/bar' moves you to the bar directory >> under the foo bookmark, with tab completion! >> >> Just to be sure: have you read the documentation of CDPATH in the manual? > (ok it's not posix but then your script is bash only) > -- M
