Re: [gentoo-dev] [Fwd: BASH feature: directory jumping w/o 'cd']

[Mamoru KOMACHI]

Hi all,

Try zsh "setopt auto_cd" ;)

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Mamoru KOMACHI <usata@g.o>


At Thu, 11 Mar 2004 18:28:34 -0500 (EST),
Fred Gates wrote:
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> this might qualify to be added to the bash ebuild. might want to vote and
> see if enough people like it first. unless its already implemented in
> gentoo?
>
> ---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
> Subject: BASH feature: directory jumping w/o 'cd'
> From:    "Walsh, Matt" <matt.walsh@×××××.com>
> Date:    Tue, March 9, 2004 6:59 pm
> To:      bug-bash@×××.org
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>
> This improvement will save you three keystrokes, but they're 3
> keystrokes you type a whole lot for no reason at all.  Yes, I'm talking
> about the keystrokes 'c-d-(space)'
>
> I was a big fan of the old '4DOS' utility for DOS.  One of my favorite
> features was where from a command line you could simply type a
> directory, and it would go there.  I.e., instead of typing
>
> cd \Windows
>
> You, in 4DOS could just type
>
> \Windows
>
> In BASH, if you try this, it simply complains that "___ is a directory".
> In other words, it's a distinct unhandled case.  Why not use this case for
> something useful?
>
> So, I made some mods to bash to make this in fact work like it did in
> 4DOS.  You only have to patch one file,  'execute_cmd.c'
>
> I threw together this web page with more details.
> http://www.mattwalsh.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/BashDirectoryJumpPatch
>
> I think users will find it addictive; I did with 4DOS and now it's like
> falling in love again.
>
> If it you find a hole in this scheme please let me know.  The only thing I
> can think of is that some scripts might be sloppy and simply check to see
> if a directory exists in this really backwards way.  The code
> changes were actually very simple.  If it looks ok I'll submit a patch to
> the BASH mailing list.
>
> --matt Walsh
>
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