Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 12:57:55 +0200 From: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@rucus.ru.ac.za> To: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X desktop contest? + Desktop Env Message-ID: <19981111125755.A26453@rucus.ru.ac.za> In-Reply-To: <19981109232410.01531@follo.net>; from Eivind Eklund on Mon, Nov 09, 1998 at 11:24:10PM %2B0100 References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981109094722.19667A-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811092120310.7784-100000@gamefish.pcola.gulf.net> <19981110090436.07651@welearn.com.au> <19981109232410.01531@follo.net>
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On Mon 1998-11-09 (23:24), Eivind Eklund wrote: > It lacks completion. That's the most important part. That's IMHO > essential. Apart from that, I like the ability of zsh to do more > advanced pattern matching, but that isn't as essential as as the lack > of completion (and every shell I know of except zsh lack full > completion - zsh can complete _everything_ - globs, shell escapes, > history escapes, cvs <xxx> - you name it, zsh can complete it :-) With tcsh - (nbm@rucus) /home/nbm> ls *ep* ^X-* (nbm@rucus) /home/nbm> ls step-members (nbm@rucus) /home/nbm> find -n <TAB> name ncpio newer nogroup nouser (nbm@rucus) /home/nbm> echo $PA <TAB> PAGER PATH (nbm@rucus) /home/nbm> echo !-5 echo ls ls (nbm@rucus) /home/nbm/package> make <SPACE><TAB> all clean install rootie.o uptbump.o useless.o (nbm@rucus) /home/nbm> kill <SPACE><TAB> 10210 16121 16998 23864 etc etc and just for EE, (nbm@rucus) /home/nbm> cvs <SPACE><TAB> checkout commit export import rdiff remove update etc etc I miss anything? (there are other features, but I've not yet worked them all out.) Neil -- Neil Blakey-Milner nbm@rucus.ru.ac.za To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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