From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MvyWQ-0003M3-2W for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:19:30 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D6FD7E0DC5; Thu, 8 Oct 2009 19:19:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-px0-f197.google.com (mail-px0-f197.google.com [209.85.216.197]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9349E0DC5 for ; Thu, 8 Oct 2009 19:19:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pxi35 with SMTP id 35so6461631pxi.2 for ; Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:19:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=F7zD/Mq0+N0hwy8N6dggFvs1Bht1SF+Ee073BgSzuR8=; b=oxJtLqrrdOUp/6SWpjBMJF8QohNhYQQejkoZQW+YlG9to+lQuAGh5h9bqBhi61qCX1 Y6l5x9ZW84C9bJLKDVJt+FxdXtqii+3nY5p/He6cU2EU+9XE5xLXFHw1xdS6kR0iN7iK filFNoNJJx9Ziht5lPXiL/iDbJsy3LjuJMljg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=dHb1SGp+ivmUYFmRV81rFeuXAVVu3UKYc4caIkDp2ifrfUm6y6CVZgZ+1VEjBNlIYW GZvldPTNdZHkVUviMLxvEeap2TxUzmZJxBpnyUbElE02Toq8I05dM77+8TVm9iVENNoy rIVR4hnspjnDbfi2Bi49t5GtuIw/P8sg/nk9Y= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.142.60.8 with SMTP id i8mr116968wfa.310.1255029568215; Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:19:28 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <200910082114.26410.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> References: <20091008193301.4cd6baf5@zaphod.digimed.co.uk> <200910082114.26410.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 12:19:28 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: FIXED 3D From: James Ausmus To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=00504502af14989c16047571575b X-Archives-Salt: 76e45abc-3923-42aa-aba6-30e947c2d8b7 X-Archives-Hash: 0b1e82624f923439ba87e6cecc54249d --00504502af14989c16047571575b Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 12:14 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Thursday 08 October 2009 20:33:01 Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:54:26 +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > > And it's usually quicker to type with backticks instead of $(): > > > > But nowhere near as clear. > > And it's quicker to type "$(" - muscle memory - than to do the whole hunt- > peek-peck thing to find the ` key - I can't touch type it, have to *look* > for > it > > :-) > > > > Note: not single-quotes ('), but backticks (`). It's usually the key > > > above TAB and to the left of 1. > > > > I rest my case :) > > > > Note you can also nest commands when using $(), which you can't do with > > backticks. > > That's neat. But, > > please provide an example where an actual sane human would actually use it. > Coz I can't think of one... > > I've used it before - I can't remember what is was for, but I do remember using nested $() commands... Isn't ` being deprecated (by BASH at least) anyway? -James > -- > alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com > > --00504502af14989c16047571575b Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 12:14 PM, Alan Mc= Kinnon <ala= n.mckinnon@gmail.com> wrote:
On Thursday 08 October 2009 20:33:01 Neil Bothwick wrote:=
> On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:54:26 +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> > And it's usually quicker to type with backticks instead of $(= ):
>
> But nowhere near as clear.

And it's quicker to type "$(" - muscle memory - than to= do the whole hunt-
peek-peck thing to find the ` key - I can't touch type it, have to *loo= k* for
it

:-)

> > Note: not single-quotes ('), but backticks (`). =A0It's u= sually the key
> > above TAB and to the left of 1.
>
> I rest my case :)
>
> Note you can also nest commands when using $(), which you can't do= with
> backticks.

That's neat. But,

please provide an example where an actual sane human would actually use it.=
Coz I can't think of one...


I'v= e used it before - I can't remember what is was for, but I do remember = using nested $() commands...

Isn't ` being dep= recated (by BASH at least) anyway?

-James


=A0
--
alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com


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