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

[Mara Kim]

On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 4:27 AM, Chris Down <chris@chrisdown.name> wrote:
> Hmm, that's interesting and potentially desirable (I think this is the
first
> time I've said that on this list!).

It gets downright dangerous once you realize you can use the -p option to
do things like
$ vim $(to -p foo/bar.cpp)

I've done a complete refresh of 'to' using symbolic links.  Turns out, it's
a lot simpler (yay!), and seems to mesh better with the conventions of the
POSIX file system.

Mara


On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 4:27 AM, Chris Down <chris@chrisdown.name> wrote:

> Hi Mara,
>
> On 2013-04-04 03:58, Mara Kim wrote:
> > What is do you mean specifically by function vs [?  Do you mean parens?
>  Is
> > function a bash-ism?
>
> function is a bashism, yes. You can just omit it and your function
> declarations
> magically become POSIX.
>
> > 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!
>
> Hmm, that's interesting and potentially desirable (I think this is the
> first
> time I've said that on this list!).
>
> > You are right though, the implementation is a mess.  I originally wanted
> to
> > have a stable filesystem representation of a user's bookmarks (thus, the
> > bookmarks file) so that a user could directly edit the bookmarks, but
> that
> > has turned into a messy glob of sed statements.  The concept itself is so
> > simple that I think I'm going to reimplement it using a bookmarks folder
> > with symlinks.  That would solve all the problems related to filenames,
> and
> > most likely provide better running times as well. (*cough* git checkout
> -b
> > link)
>
> That is a good idea which for some reason slipped my mind. You probably
> will
> want to use cd -P.
>
> Will probably follow up with a jump implementation using symlinks, I like
> it. It
> certainly makes sense since we're dealing with paths anyway.
>
> Chris
>



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