Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Anyone else having a problem with bash?

[Marc Joliet <marcec@gmx.de>]

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Am Sat, 11 Jul 2015 13:22:56 +0300
schrieb Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@gmail.com>:

> On 11/07/15 01:18, Marc Joliet wrote:
> > Am Fri, 10 Jul 2015 20:39:05 +0300
> > schrieb Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@gmail.com>:
> >
> >> On 10/07/15 18:00, Gevisz wrote:
> >>> bindkey '^[[7~' beginning-of-line                   # Home (xterm)
> >>> bindkey '^[[8~'  end-of-line                        # End (xterm)
> >>
> >> lol... are these guys serious?
> >>
> >> It's 2015...
> >
> > What's wrong with C-a and C-e?  On my keyboard they're not any more cumbersome
> > than reaching for Home/End (probably a bit less cumbersome in fact).
> 
> Pressing two keys at the same time with the same hand is not good. It 
> just feels awkward. I have special keys for that. They should be used.
> 
> Also, word-based navigation doesn't either. Ctrl+left or ctrl+right, for 
> example.
> 
> I guess the lack of good defaults kills this shell. I really don't have 
> time to learn arcane settings anymore. If it doesn't work out of the box 
> on what represents 99.99999999% of machines, I'll have to pass and 
> wonder "what were they thinking?"

That's fair, it all comes down to personal preference, anyway.  It sounds to
me, though, that FISH (http://fishshell.com/) might be a good fit?  It goes
through a lot of trouble to work well out of the box, though it's different
enough in behaviour that it might take some getting used to (one reason I
don't use it as my root shell is that "VAR=override command" does not work,
you have to explicitly export the variable).  Anyway, it's just a suggestion.

-- 
Marc Joliet
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