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Especially HyperText/DolDoc is something that seems like a very nice feature to have. Perhaps one day someone might port something similar for Linux shells? It
by SCHiM 10y ago
Especially HyperText/DolDoc is something that seems like a very nice feature to have. Perhaps one day someone might port something similar for Linux shells?
It seems like that is what the Linux 'text only' input/output should have been. Instead of parsing ASCII which will bring about the incompatibilities that we see today, it would have been better to have all tools input/output HTML/XML and translate it into human readable text in the shell for when output is redirected to the terminal.
- nateguchi 10y agoSomething like an inline HTML & XML markup (like iXBRL[0]) would be appropriate for this - both machine and human readable, and formatted. [0] iXBRL is a markup language used for company accounts (I think it might be a requirement for submitting company accounts in the UK). Details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XBRL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XBRL Example: http://www.xbrl.org.uk/techguidance/bbbbb-ltd.html http://www.xbrl.org.uk/techguidance/bbbbb-ltd.html
- tcbawo 10y agoA feature like that is nice, but could ultimately be abused/misusued. Sometimes is nice to have text just be plain old text. It's one of the reasons I never got into PowerShell.
- plaguuuuuu 10y agoHonestly Doldoc (at face value) is like looking into the future.