Hn, I use a similar tool called ln In all seriousness what value does or could a tool like this add above ln?
ln -s ~/some/long/path ~/bookmark cd ~/bookmark cd ~/bookmark/nested/tab/completion rm ~/bookmark Sorry I don't mean that in a snarly way I am curious if you can come up or have with any additional new ideas that go beyond this... -Domingo On Apr 4, 2013 8:36 AM, "Mara Kim" <hacker.r...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 4:27 AM, Chris Down <ch...@chrisdown.name> wrote: > > Hmm, that's interesting and potentially desirable (I think this is the > first > > time I've said that on this list!). > > It gets downright dangerous once you realize you can use the -p option to > do things like > $ vim $(to -p foo/bar.cpp) > > I've done a complete refresh of 'to' using symbolic links. Turns out, it's > a lot simpler (yay!), and seems to mesh better with the conventions of the > POSIX file system. > > Mara > > > On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 4:27 AM, Chris Down <ch...@chrisdown.name> wrote: > > > Hi Mara, > > > > On 2013-04-04 03:58, Mara Kim wrote: > > > What is do you mean specifically by function vs [? Do you mean parens? > > Is > > > function a bash-ism? > > > > function is a bashism, yes. You can just omit it and your function > > declarations > > magically become POSIX. > > > > > I am really only enthusiastic about the interface of 'to'. While > 'jump' > > > has a faster running time, 'to' lets you move directly to > subdirectories > > of > > > your bookmark. For example, '$ to foo/bar' moves you to the bar > > directory > > > under the foo bookmark, with tab completion! > > > > Hmm, that's interesting and potentially desirable (I think this is the > > first > > time I've said that on this list!). > > > > > You are right though, the implementation is a mess. I originally > wanted > > to > > > have a stable filesystem representation of a user's bookmarks (thus, > the > > > bookmarks file) so that a user could directly edit the bookmarks, but > > that > > > has turned into a messy glob of sed statements. The concept itself is > so > > > simple that I think I'm going to reimplement it using a bookmarks > folder > > > with symlinks. That would solve all the problems related to filenames, > > and > > > most likely provide better running times as well. (*cough* git checkout > > -b > > > link) > > > > That is a good idea which for some reason slipped my mind. You probably > > will > > want to use cd -P. > > > > Will probably follow up with a jump implementation using symlinks, I like > > it. It > > certainly makes sense since we're dealing with paths anyway. > > > > Chris > > > > > > -- > M > > > > -- > M >
