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and rsync works fine for people too, I guess that's why nobody uses Dropbox
by b_e_n_t_o_n 1y ago
and rsync works fine for people too, I guess that's why nobody uses Dropbox
- yjftsjthsd-h 1y agoDropbox and rsync do different things. It looks like this does essentially the same thing.
- tclancy 1y agoAssuming perfect memory and you never make typos they are exactly the same. For most installs. Or distros. Probably.
- GodelNumbering 1y agoYou don't need to memorize alias bat='f(){ cat "$1" | highlight --force -O xterm256 | less -SRNI; }; f'
- lynndotpy 1y agoFor all the other issues people have pointed out, this assumes you have `highlight` installed.
- yjftsjthsd-h 1y agoAs opposed to having bat installed?
- yjftsjthsd-h 1y ago> Assuming perfect memory and you never make typos they are exactly the same. You can make an alias. > For most installs. Or distros. Probably. Comparing https://repology.org/project/bat-cat/packages https://repology.org/project/bat-cat/packages vs https://repology.org/project/highlight/packages https://repology.org/project/highlight/packages appears to show them with approximately equal availability. (Unless you're trying some other point, in which case I don't follow.)
- inopinatus 1y agoI don’t know if it still uses librsync but for a long time Dropbox was based directly upon it. Whether this proves or disproves anything in re syntax highlighting utilities I leave as an exercise.
- b_e_n_t_o_n 1y agoIt's a reference to this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863
- yjftsjthsd-h 1y agoI know. But that doesn't make it accurate. And in broader strokes, I'm not fond of that thread/comment being used to pretend that all new and shiny things are better than what came before. Sometimes the new thing is barely more than a coat of paint on the existing thing.
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