Re: Coloured CLI [was: Re: 7z command works fine on command line but not in script]
On 20/02/14 20:24, Darac Marjal wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 12:15:56PM +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote:
>> On 19/02/14 23:32, berenger.morel@neutralite.org wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Le 19.02.2014 10:53, Scott Ferguson a écrit :
>>>> Just read your last post before sending this, so this may no longer be
>>>> relevant... I don't know that you need to quote the variables. I use
>>>> coloured bash
>>
>> coloured *editor* i.e. nano, vi/emac, dex[*1] or Kwrite is what I meant
>> to write. If anyone knows of a way to colourise the syntax in xterm
>> (especially 'fc' temp) I'd be *very* interested.
>
> Does it have to be bash?
No! It's just what I use (for reasons too lengthy and boring for the list).
I'd settle for a simple way to pipe `fg` (/temp) into nano so I can use
colours to spot syntax errors.
>
> If you're willing to give zsh a try (It's another bourne-derivative, so
> the syntax is very similar. I believe it's mostly POSIX compliant, too),
> then add-ons such as oh-my-zsh[1] or zprezto[2] have syntax-highlighting
> modules. (I found oh-my-zsh to be a good window to the power of zsh, but
> zprezto seems to be generally better).
I've only tried zsh. It was nice.
Have you tried fish? It has coloured CLI syntax highlighting.
# apt-get install fish
http://fishshell.com/
>
> [1] https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh
> [2] https://github.com/sorin-ionescu/prezto
>
Kind regards
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