From: gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net (Grant Taylor)
Subject: [TUHS] Bourne shell and comments
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2017 10:31:53 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ecd19e28-c96d-f938-fdb3-0b9a983ab56c@tnetconsulting.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <DBD26EB7-FFAE-472F-9C71-27ECAC2A085E@orthanc.ca>
On 04/18/2017 06:50 PM, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote:
> What's cool about ':' vs. '#' is:
...
> Stick that in your .env and you get a snarf-and-barf'able shell
> prompt that evals as a noop. Blatantly ripped off from plan9port
> IIRC. I run this across all manner of *BSD and Solaris and Linux and
> it just works.
I think you're effectively doing the same thing that I'm doing by having
my prompt start with '#', thus turning copy & paste ""errors into
pasting comments. Just a difference of a '#' comment character and a
':' label.
I see little difference between ':' and '#' in this case.
Please help me understand if I'm wrong.
--
Grant. . . .
unix || die
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Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-04-18 20:48 Warren Toomey
2017-04-18 20:51 ` Ron Natalie
2017-04-18 21:45 ` Grant Taylor
2017-04-18 22:16 ` Ron Natalie
2017-04-18 22:40 ` Toby Thain
2017-04-19 18:36 ` Stephen Kitt
2017-04-19 20:35 ` Arthur Krewat
2017-04-19 0:50 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2017-04-19 8:35 ` Andreas Kusalananda Kähäri
2017-04-19 16:31 ` Grant Taylor [this message]
2017-04-19 16:59 ` Andreas Kusalananda Kähäri
2017-04-19 17:36 ` Bakul Shah
2017-04-19 17:59 ` Grant Taylor
2017-04-20 20:13 ` Clem Cole
2017-04-20 20:17 ` Chet Ramey
2017-04-21 3:28 ` arnold
2017-04-21 3:43 ` Bakul Shah
2017-04-21 6:07 ` Steve Nickolas
2017-04-21 11:18 ` Clem cole
2017-04-21 13:20 ` Michael Kjörling
2017-04-18 20:56 ` Chet Ramey
2017-04-19 21:02 ` Sven Mascheck
2017-04-19 22:07 ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2017-04-20 0:31 ` shawn wilson
2017-04-20 0:35 ` shawn wilson
2017-04-20 3:50 ` Andy Kosela
2017-04-20 4:47 ` Warner Losh
2017-04-21 1:42 ` Nemo
2017-04-21 10:54 ` Ron Natalie
2017-04-21 14:22 ` Andy Kosela
2017-04-21 14:45 ` Ron Natalie
2017-04-22 2:46 ` Dave Horsfall
2017-04-20 16:39 ` Sven Mascheck
2017-04-20 21:42 ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2017-04-19 19:18 Doug McIlroy
2017-04-21 17:03 Doug McIlroy
2017-04-21 18:15 ` Clem Cole
2017-04-21 19:13 ` Steve Johnson
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