Reinventing tools for developers, let's start with unix terminal.

Re:Reinventing tools for developers, let's start with unix t... by dhconnelly on Monday March 12, 2012 @10:03AM (#3693508)

"Finally, there is no easy way to edit text that we enter in the terminal. Going to the end/beginning of the line depending which place it’s closer to the point you want to edit, and then moving your cursor over one character at a time to get to the destination - sounds familiar? I was so frustrated with that, that I made it a habit to enter all the commands in text editor then copy & paste to the terminal window!"

You do know there are emacs and vi modes for bash, right?

http://www.hypexr.org/bash_tutorial.php#emacs http://www.hypexr.org/bash_tutorial.php#vi

Seriously, the command line is a fantastic programming environment. Learn more bash and your life will be better.

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Re:Reinventing tools for developers, let's start with unix t... by bumeye on Monday March 12, 2012 @10:25AM (#3693602)

I use emacs mode for bash, which is default on mac. Then i bind 'option cursor left' to \033b and 'option cursor right' to \033f. Voila, next and previous word using alt+arrow keys. Good enough for me :).

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Re:Reinventing tools for developers, let's start with unix t... by czzarr on Monday March 12, 2012 @10:16AM (#3693570)

you just made my day sir. I never knew vi mode existed for bash.

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Re:Reinventing tools for developers, let's start with unix t... by niznikpawel on Monday March 12, 2012 @12:44PM (#3694254)

Ha, amazing someone just learned something :).

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Re:Reinventing tools for developers, let's start with unix t... by gte910h on Monday March 12, 2012 @08:22PM (#3696374)

Dude, I owe you a steak. Holy crap.

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