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I really don't think that zsh is born of some desire to keep things from getting messy. That doesn't seem to be what it does in practice anyway, particularly w
by jlgreco 13y ago
I really don't think that zsh is born of some desire to keep things from getting messy. That doesn't seem to be what it does in practice anyway, particularly with the popularity of things like oh-my-zsh. Rather I think zsh is born from a desire to have more. More functionality and more customization options.
> What do you do when you have to use a computer without your customization?
How are people running into this situation so often? I don't sit down at my coworkers desks and start using their accounts. On production servers, I still have zsh and although some of my custom utilities are missing, it is not like I am somehow crippled by their absence.
This concern is like being opposed to cordless drills and screwdrivers because "what would happen if you found yourself with only a regular screwdriver?" ...well, what of it? If I found myself inexplicably with only a regular screwdriver, I would use it. Not a big dea. It's not like zsh users turn into blithering idiots as soon as they don't have their fancy PS1 set and are missing a few completion options.
- recuter 13y agoI'm kind of posting too much so I'll stop, I really tried to phrase my questions in a friendly manner but it seems they invite misreadings. Apologies. One final clarification: I agree with this attitude if indeed this was the case. I don't see how zsh or fish constitute cordless drills and screwdrivers, it feels more like they are the right-y version to the left-y version of the regular screwdriver. But maybe its because I don't know their killer features, I always try to pay attention to them and play with them occasionally but it never clicked for me why its so much better.
- jlgreco 13y agoimho, this is a large portion of the killer feature of zsh: http://zsh.sourceforge.net/Doc/Release/Zsh-Line-Editor.html http://zsh.sourceforge.net/Doc/Release/Zsh-Line-Editor.html
- lelandbatey 13y agoKeep in mind also that no matter how civilly you phrase things, your still talking about the "religion of tools" which may draw strong responses to otherwise nice questions.
- andrewflnr 13y agoGenerally speaking, no matter how civilly you phrase things, if you question something people feel strongly about, you will draw strong responses. If you must ask said questions, get used to the idea that people will get at least a bit emotional.