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I didn't get this right from the start, but this is a fork of fish(shell), which has been around for quite a while: http://fishshell.com/ http://fishshell.com/

by ch0wn 14y ago

0x0 14y ago
Why did they pick the exact same name?
- aaronsw 14y ago
  Presumably because fish hasn't been updated since 2009 and they expect their fork to become the new standard version. http://ridiculousfish.com/shell/beta.html http://ridiculousfish.com/shell/beta.html "Welcome to our fork of the fish shell, a command line shell like bash. Its working name is fishfish, but I hope eventually it will just be fish!"
  - bazzargh 14y ago
    Obvious joke is obvious, but he could have called it the Unno Fish Shell? Looks interesting. I expect my fingers will be even more confused than ever switching machines now (they've never learned that Alt-3 isn't # on linux or that middle-click isn't paste in Putty)
    - andrewaylett 14y ago
      There's no reason middle-click shouldn't be paste on PuTTY -- it's a configuration option.
      - bazzargh 14y ago
        That one always bites me at other people's desks; I'd figure out how to reconfigure it if it was mine. But there's always something jarring like that when you switch between similar-but-not-quite-the-same environments.
        adavies42 14y ago
        i've gotten to the point where i can subconciously key off the window chrome to know how to paste. (half my coworkers use xterm, the other half putty.)
- kryptiskt 14y ago
  It's not called that yet: "Its working name is fishfish, but I hope eventually it will just be fish!" The ambition is quite reasonable as work on the fish shell itself has petered out, there was a recent dead cat bounce after a long fallow period, but it seems to be back to stasis there.
  - x1 14y ago
    Well.. they do have quite a list of possibilities to piggy back off ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_fish_names http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_fish_names ) that could reduce confusion but still maintain similarity.
    - ch0wn 14y ago
      I don't believe that's an option for the author as he's known as "fish" around the web. :) http://ridiculousfish.com/blog/about.html http://ridiculousfish.com/blog/about.html
      - Someone 14y ago
        "ghoti" would be a perfect name for a ridiculous fish, though (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghoti http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghoti)
mixmastamyk 14y ago
I'm on the fish mailing list and it has been well received by current contribs and the original author. I expect that the two forks will be one at some point.

I didn't get this right from the start, but this is a fork of fish(shell), which has been around for quite a while: http://fishshell.com/ http://fishshell.com/

by ch0wn 14y ago

I didn't get this right from the start, but this is a fork of fish(shell), which has been around for quite a while: http://fishshell.com/ http://fishshell.com/

0x0 14y ago

Why did they pick the exact same name?

aaronsw 14y ago
Presumably because fish hasn't been updated since 2009 and they expect their fork to become the new standard version. http://ridiculousfish.com/shell/beta.html http://ridiculousfish.com/shell/beta.html "Welcome to our fork of the fish shell, a command line shell like bash. Its working name is fishfish, but I hope eventually it will just be fish!"
- bazzargh 14y ago
  Obvious joke is obvious, but he could have called it the Unno Fish Shell? Looks interesting. I expect my fingers will be even more confused than ever switching machines now (they've never learned that Alt-3 isn't # on linux or that middle-click isn't paste in Putty)
  - andrewaylett 14y ago
    There's no reason middle-click shouldn't be paste on PuTTY -- it's a configuration option.
    - bazzargh 14y ago
      That one always bites me at other people's desks; I'd figure out how to reconfigure it if it was mine. But there's always something jarring like that when you switch between similar-but-not-quite-the-same environments.
      - adavies42 14y ago
        i've gotten to the point where i can subconciously key off the window chrome to know how to paste. (half my coworkers use xterm, the other half putty.)
kryptiskt 14y ago
It's not called that yet: "Its working name is fishfish, but I hope eventually it will just be fish!" The ambition is quite reasonable as work on the fish shell itself has petered out, there was a recent dead cat bounce after a long fallow period, but it seems to be back to stasis there.
- x1 14y ago
  Well.. they do have quite a list of possibilities to piggy back off ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_fish_names http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_fish_names ) that could reduce confusion but still maintain similarity.
  - ch0wn 14y ago
    I don't believe that's an option for the author as he's known as "fish" around the web. :) http://ridiculousfish.com/blog/about.html http://ridiculousfish.com/blog/about.html
    - Someone 14y ago
      "ghoti" would be a perfect name for a ridiculous fish, though (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghoti http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghoti)

mixmastamyk 14y ago

I'm on the fish mailing list and it has been well received by current contribs and the original author. I expect that the two forks will be one at some point.