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Looked so backwards to me, too. However, I decided to give it a go, anyway. Now, I have some scripts and small commands which start with a comma, and it looks n

Looked so backwards to me, too. However, I decided to give it a go, anyway. Now, I have some scripts and small commands which start with a comma, and it looks neat and time saving. Yes, I can do path ordering to override usual commands. However, having a set of odd-job scripts which start with a comma gives a nice namespacing capability alongside a well narrowed-down tab-completion experience. While it's not the neatest thing around, it works surprisingly well. Another idea which looks useless until you start using is text expanders (i.e.: Espanso and TextExpander).

xbryanx 9mo ago
Love Alfred Snippets for this same text expander need.
mathfailure 9mo ago
I never knew that what I've known as 'hotstrings' (since the AutoHotKey days) other sometimes also call 'text expanders'.
aschla 9mo ago
The irony in the number of extra commas you've used in this comment...
- bayindirh 9mo ago
  As a non-native English speaker and writer/typer I'm not well versed in usage of commas unfortunately. Feel free to add the required ones while reading this comment. Sorry for the inconvenience this might create.
  - mh- 9mo ago
    As a native speaker the original comment seemed completely fine, ignore them. Also, I never would never guessed that you weren't also a native English speaker.
    - tempestn 9mo ago
      Agreed. The commas before the sentence-ending 'too' and 'anyway' were perhaps slightly unusual, but not enough so that I even noticed them, and I don't think either is incorrect. All the rest were perfectly normal.
  - aschla 9mo ago
    This is an example of the difficulty in expressing tone through text. Meant it as a passing lighthearted observational joke. No inconvenience at all.
    - fouc 9mo ago
      Haha, I actually assumed you were making a joke from the beginning, it'd be funny to think that the habit of using comma prefixed commands will make someone more likely to use commas in their sentences.

xbryanx 9mo ago

Love Alfred Snippets for this same text expander need.

mathfailure 9mo ago

I never knew that what I've known as 'hotstrings' (since the AutoHotKey days) other sometimes also call 'text expanders'.

aschla 9mo ago

The irony in the number of extra commas you've used in this comment...

bayindirh 9mo ago
As a non-native English speaker and writer/typer I'm not well versed in usage of commas unfortunately. Feel free to add the required ones while reading this comment. Sorry for the inconvenience this might create.
- mh- 9mo ago
  As a native speaker the original comment seemed completely fine, ignore them. Also, I never would never guessed that you weren't also a native English speaker.
  - tempestn 9mo ago
    Agreed. The commas before the sentence-ending 'too' and 'anyway' were perhaps slightly unusual, but not enough so that I even noticed them, and I don't think either is incorrect. All the rest were perfectly normal.
- aschla 9mo ago
  This is an example of the difficulty in expressing tone through text. Meant it as a passing lighthearted observational joke. No inconvenience at all.
  - fouc 9mo ago
    Haha, I actually assumed you were making a joke from the beginning, it'd be funny to think that the habit of using comma prefixed commands will make someone more likely to use commas in their sentences.