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Some of the docs suggest "xonsh" is pronounced "conch". i.e. a shell that's a shell. Snailed it. :-P Ref: See "TAGLINES" def in https://xon.sh/_modules/xonsh/x
by emptybits 6y ago
Some of the docs suggest "xonsh" is pronounced "conch". i.e. a shell that's a shell. Snailed it. :-P
Ref: See "TAGLINES" def in https://xon.sh/_modules/xonsh/xonfig.html https://xon.sh/_modules/xonsh/xonfig.html
- gridlockd 6y agoOkay, but I read it as "zonsh", or maybe "Exxon Shell".
- chrisweekly 6y agoIt's pronounced "Konsh". Origin story - name relates to conch ("konk") shells. Source: my 1st cousin, one of its co-creators and core maintainers.
- scopatz 6y agoMore taglines are always welcome!
- antongribok 6y agoI just want to say thank you for Xonsh! I've been using it as my default shell for the past 2 years, and now I pretty much can't work without it. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
- rwcarlsen 6y agoHaven't seen you in meat space for a few years - good to see you're still alive and well in cyberspace!
- pmiller2 6y agoSounds like it should actually be "χonch," then, with a Greek letter chi instead of an 'x'.
- kwk1 6y agoThis pattern is also present in e.g. LaTeX
- samatman 6y agoTeX being from τέχνη make sense, I do enjoy startling people by pronouncing it thus (as Knuth recommends). xonsh being pronounced /kɑnʃ/ and not /eks.ɑnʃ/ or /xɑnʃ/, or even /zɑnʃ/, is just one of those things I have to remember. pronouncing TeX /tɛk/ is better than /tɛks/, but really it's /tɛx/, the way Bach is /bax/.