From: "Robert Comer" 

That does look interesting, thanks.

- Bob Comer


"Tony Williams"  wrote in message
news:3DE65F13.1000103{at}blarg.net...
> You could take a look at zsh. It has an amazing smart completion system
> which can fill in switches for you and even tell you what they mean :
> http://www.linux-mag.com/2002-07/power_01.html has some good information
> on the subject.
>
> --
> Tony
>
> Robert Comer wrote:
> > I was thinking of alias as well, but I'd actually want to make some of
the
> > switches make sense too.
> >
> > Though I do wonder why anyone hasn't come up with a prebuilt alias list
for
> > things like this...
> >
> > - Bob Comer
> >
> >
> > "Paul Ranson"  wrote in message
> > news:3de634d7$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> >
> >>Look up 'alias' for the (t)csh, and presumably for bash too.
> >>
> >>Paul
> >>
> >>"Antti Kurenniemi"
 wrote in message
> >>news:3de621ee$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> >>
> >>>I wouldn't even care about the DOS compatibility (although
that would
be
> >>>easy for *me* to use), but I'd very much like full words
as commands.
It
> >>>takes me roughly 0.02 seconds to type the extra 2 or three letters -
but
> >>
> >>it
> >>
> >>>takes me two hours to find someone who remembers wether it
was "xvzf"
or
> >>>"zxvf" or...
> >>>
> >>>I'd really, really like to be able to "list"
instead of "ls". Maybe
it's
> >>>just me, but meaningful words are easier to remember.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Antti Kurenniemi
> >>>
> >>>"Robert Comer" 
wrote in message
> >>>news:3de61c08$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> >>>
> >>>>I don't see why someone couldn't write a shell that
has DOS compatible
> >>>>naming of the commands...
> >>>>
> >>>>- Bob Comer
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >
> >
>
>

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