Fwd: to - Bookmark file system locations in bash on POSIX-like systems

[Mara Kim]

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From: Mara Kim <hacker.root@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 4:34 AM
Subject: Re: to - Bookmark file system locations in bash on POSIX-like
systems
To: Pierre Gaston <pierre.gaston@gmail.com>


Hi Pierre,

I read it, but maybe I missed something.  There didn't seem to be much info.

I'm not really a fan. It's a bit unintuitive, and it's less obvious what is
happening when you look at a command history.  I seriously have not met a
single person IRL that knows about CDPATH.  I have gotten the suggestion to
use CDPATH in 'to' before, but I'm not really sure there is a compelling
reason.

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Mara
On Apr 4, 2013 4:18 AM, "Pierre Gaston" <pierre.gaston@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 11:58 AM, Mara Kim <hacker.root@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hi Chris!
>>
>> Actually, this is great!  Style critique, plus runtime analysis.  Am I
>> dreaming? :D
>>
>> I see your point regarding the use of variables to hold commands.  Using
>> PATH is a much better method of handling that functionality.  And with the
>> magic of vim and git  *POOF*  it's gone...
>>
>> What is do you mean specifically by function vs [?  Do you mean parens?
>>  Is
>> function a bash-ism?
>>
>> I am really only enthusiastic about the interface of 'to'.  While 'jump'
>> has a faster running time, 'to' lets you move directly to subdirectories
>> of
>> your bookmark.  For example, '$ to foo/bar' moves you to the bar directory
>> under the foo bookmark, with tab completion!
>>
>> Just to be sure: have you read the documentation of CDPATH in the manual?
>  (ok it's not posix but then your script is bash only)
>



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M