From: Ray Andrews <rayandrews@eastlink.ca>
To: zsh-users@zsh.org
Subject: Re: path PATH
Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2023 17:56:20 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2a0501e3-c96f-6eb1-32b7-46c212433732@eastlink.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAH+w=7YWGaiBt+un3nOgFbtAZ_KQ6rh0iaLt4rRU-bDFcFOuvQ@mail.gmail.com>
On 2023-01-22 17:11, Bart Schaefer wrote:
> That's actually exactly my point: It is not true that you had to
> resort to "typeset" to get this information. Everything you wanted
> except the output formatting is available given the parameter name
> itself, you don't even need the zsh/parameter module.
>
Whatever. However. I'm just happy to have something that works.
Obviously the building blocks were there, I just didn't know how to find
them. Everything *seemed* to suggest that typeset -p was where you went
for that kind of information. I'm glad to learn otherwise. Seems I was
driving nails with a crosscut saw. Now I have a hammer. It's that
simple and thanks again. If I'd had DP ab ovo, this thread, and a few
others like it, would never have been started cuz things would have been
clear from the getgo.
> However, there are plenty of scripts in Functions/Misc that fit this
I don't understand Lawrence's perspective on this. Can one have too many tools? I suppose something could be so marginal that it's not worth it's weight but is DP really like that? I doubt I'm the only person who finds that kind of information useful. Lawrence spins it as some sort of fetish to want to see the type of a param and it's value at the same time. I don't see this as anything like a contest. The devs will make the right decision. But from the peanut gallery I myself will always vote for what's simple, informative, and clear. Those who like things that are convoluted, confusing, incomplete and obscure can have those things too.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-01-23 1:57 UTC|newest]
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2023-01-20 21:57 Ray Andrews
2023-01-20 22:20 ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-21 2:23 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-21 6:11 ` Lawrence Velázquez
2023-01-21 15:18 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-21 15:25 ` Roman Perepelitsa
2023-01-21 16:21 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-21 16:38 ` Roman Perepelitsa
2023-01-21 16:54 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-21 17:01 ` Roman Perepelitsa
2023-01-21 18:53 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-21 19:09 ` Roman Perepelitsa
2023-01-21 20:50 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-21 21:11 ` Roman Perepelitsa
2023-01-21 20:19 ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-21 20:26 ` env arrays (was: Re: path PATH) zeurkous
2023-01-22 17:28 ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-21 21:03 ` path PATH Ray Andrews
2023-01-21 21:52 ` Lawrence Velázquez
2023-01-22 0:42 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-22 12:29 ` Roman Perepelitsa
2023-01-22 14:17 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-22 16:15 ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-22 17:23 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-22 19:20 ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-22 19:31 ` Roman Perepelitsa
2023-01-22 19:51 ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-22 19:56 ` Roman Perepelitsa
2023-01-22 20:03 ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-22 21:56 ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-22 22:02 ` Roman Perepelitsa
2023-01-22 22:27 ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-22 23:03 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-22 20:12 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-22 21:11 ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-22 22:44 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-22 23:35 ` Lawrence Velázquez
2023-01-22 23:58 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-23 0:49 ` Lawrence Velázquez
2023-01-23 1:33 ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-23 1:49 ` Lawrence Velázquez
2023-01-23 1:11 ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-23 1:56 ` Ray Andrews [this message]
2023-01-23 2:59 ` Lawrence Velázquez
2023-01-23 3:47 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-23 10:37 ` Roman Perepelitsa
2023-01-23 15:28 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-23 15:40 ` zeurkous
2023-01-23 16:02 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-23 16:25 ` zeurkous
2023-01-23 16:26 ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-24 20:00 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-24 20:42 ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-24 20:50 ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-24 20:54 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-24 23:28 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-24 23:42 ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-25 0:14 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-25 16:38 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-25 16:43 ` Roman Perepelitsa
2023-01-25 16:56 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-25 17:02 ` Roman Perepelitsa
2023-01-25 17:34 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-25 17:37 ` Roman Perepelitsa
2023-01-25 18:26 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-25 18:34 ` Roman Perepelitsa
2023-01-25 19:00 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-26 2:13 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-26 2:37 ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-26 4:27 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-26 20:26 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-26 20:29 ` Roman Perepelitsa
2023-01-26 20:59 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-26 21:17 ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-26 21:41 ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-26 21:44 ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-26 22:36 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-26 22:43 ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-27 0:19 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-27 3:36 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-27 17:51 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-27 20:45 ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-27 21:09 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-27 23:45 ` scowles
2023-01-28 0:12 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-28 3:47 ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-28 16:42 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-28 22:51 ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-29 2:30 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-29 3:03 ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-29 3:44 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-29 4:35 ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-29 15:54 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-29 21:21 ` Lawrence Velázquez
2023-01-29 22:33 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-29 22:42 ` Lawrence Velázquez
2023-01-30 0:42 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-30 0:46 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-30 4:41 ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-30 5:16 ` Lawrence Velázquez
2023-01-30 6:55 ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-30 14:40 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-30 14:55 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-30 14:56 ` Roman Perepelitsa
2023-01-30 15:56 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-30 16:09 ` Roman Perepelitsa
2023-01-30 16:24 ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-30 16:34 ` Roman Perepelitsa
2023-01-30 23:05 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-30 17:50 ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-31 0:42 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-26 22:18 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-25 22:18 ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-25 23:10 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-25 23:19 ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-26 0:55 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-22 19:52 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-21 16:48 ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-21 5:47 ` Lawrence Velázquez
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