Binette@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agoAnyone knows if it's possible to color command line commands as you type them (kind of like an editor)?message-squaremessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareAnyone knows if it's possible to color command line commands as you type them (kind of like an editor)?Binette@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareboredsquirrel@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-22 months agoFish shell You can change the used shell in the configs. At least for Alacritty, when I used it (dont care, it was still kinda broken, I just use Konsole)
minus-square柊 つかさ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoInteresting, I never heard of setting your shell in the emulator config. I just used ‘chsh’ once when I setup the install.
minus-squareboredsquirrel@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoYeah please dont use chsh. Zsh may work, dash (which is a faster, smaller reimplementation of bash) may work. But fish absolutely doesnt. Just because you want to have a nice writing experience, that doesnt mean your whole OS needs a different shell. I will experiment with dash though. Ubuntu uses it as the root shell, so it is really well tested.
minus-squaresparr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months ago please dont use chsh doesnt mean your whole OS needs a different shell chsh just changes the shell when you log in to a shell. all the other shells are still available and usable. any script starting tieh #!/bin/bash will still run with bash, even if you’re using zsh or fish.
minus-squareboredsquirrel@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·2 months agoYes bash scripts still work, but I heard there may be other things that randomly break. Many things use #!/bin/sh for example, which often is a link to bash, but may not work anymore.
minus-squarelelgenio@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agochsh does not modify /bin/sh Maybe you’re thinking of a certain video from a certain YouTuber who linked /bin/sh to fish?
minus-squareboredsquirrel@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·2 months agoHaha no didnt think of that? Hm, I dont know why it would be an issue then. POSIX compliant shells should be no problem, but I wouldnt do it for fish
minus-squarebillgamesh@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoIt will never matter what your login shell, unless you have bash specific scripts in your login. chsh -s /bin/fish $(whoami) is fine.
Fish shell
You can change the used shell in the configs. At least for Alacritty, when I used it (dont care, it was still kinda broken, I just use Konsole)
Interesting, I never heard of setting your shell in the emulator config. I just used ‘chsh’ once when I setup the install.
Yeah please dont use chsh.
Zsh may work, dash (which is a faster, smaller reimplementation of bash) may work.
But fish absolutely doesnt.
Just because you want to have a nice writing experience, that doesnt mean your whole OS needs a different shell.
I will experiment with dash though. Ubuntu uses it as the root shell, so it is really well tested.
chsh just changes the shell when you log in to a shell. all the other shells are still available and usable. any script starting tieh
#!/bin/bashwill still run with bash, even if you’re using zsh or fish.Yes bash scripts still work, but I heard there may be other things that randomly break.
Many things use
#!/bin/shfor example, which often is a link to bash, but may not work anymore.chsh does not modify /bin/sh
Maybe you’re thinking of a certain video from a certain YouTuber who linked /bin/sh to fish?
Haha no didnt think of that? Hm, I dont know why it would be an issue then. POSIX compliant shells should be no problem, but I wouldnt do it for fish
It will never matter what your login shell, unless you have bash specific scripts in your login.
chsh -s /bin/fish $(whoami)is fine.