Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: arch on windows?

[Aaron Bentley]

Ron Parker wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 14:58:01 -0400, Aaron Bentley
> <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>
> > Ron Parker wrote:
> > Many of us use the *entire* current-working-directory in our shell
> > prompts, and this is the default on major Linux distributions.  Such
> > paths are ugly and awkward in this context.
>
>
> This is exactly why I change my PS1 when I am {arch} diving, just to
> avoid the noise on my screen, then the c--b--v directory names become
> handy.

With short pathnames, those who use the last fragment of the cwd in 
their prompts could change their PS1 when they are {arch} diving, and 
reap similar benefits.

> > They are also more difficult to navigate than necessary-- they
> > more-or-less demand tab completion.
>
>
> Personally I am a lazy programmer, I tend to bang tab until it stops
> working then I start consciously typing again whether the form is
> c/b/v or c/c--b/c--b--v.

Yeah, I'm lazy too.  I'd like to type cd f[TAB]/b[TAB]/[TAB]p[TAB]53 to 
navigate to foo/bar/0/patch-53.

I've no need to prove that my preference is best, just to show that 
there are other reasonable preferences.

Aaron

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Aaron Bentley
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