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I see the value proposition of nushell. I'm wondering if I should also try fish. May I ask if you switched to fish from zsh? What motivated your change? Backg
by xpe 5y ago
I see the value proposition of nushell. I'm wondering if I should also try fish.
May I ask if you switched to fish from zsh? What motivated your change?
Background: I invested some time not too long ago to read zsh docs in detail and customize my own configuration (e.g. instead of using oh-my-zsh). Since then, I've been quite happy with zsh. That said, I'm also open to switching to fish and/or nushell based on recommendations.
- sahkopoyta 5y ago> what motivated your change? didn't switch from zsh but bash, did it because wanted a bit more features at shell without additional configuration
- arupy 5y agoI didn’t switch from zsh, but from bash, to fish, primarily because bash was occasionally a bit clunky to use, and there were a lot of things that could be optimized in a modern environment. I settled on fish because it suited what I was looking for: an ergonomic shell that worked well out-of-the-box. Paired with strong community support, clean scripting syntax, and a wide ecosystem, it makes for a really enjoyable shell experience. I haven’t tried zsh, so I can’t compare the two. I’m happy with fish, and I don’t see much benefit to switching to nu. nu is exceptionally good at one thing: working with data, but lacks features in other areas (auto-completion, scripting, etc.). With time, I can see these features being implemented, but I think they’ll be re-inventing the wheel in a lot of areas that other shells are already good at.