My whole project of trying to learn zsh 'as you go', was wrong from the start. There are things like the above that can only be learned by instruction -- or by endless grief. Need zsh classroom where the teacher knows what you need to know before you know you need to know it. A very good book would be nice too.On Fri, May 17, 2024, 10:04 AM Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com> wrote:
... make it a script first, then think about
whether it's simple enough to become a function.
Forgot to mention, you can also get the best of both worlds by writing a function with sections (up to even the whole function body) wrapped in subshell parens.