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On 12/06/2016 16:33, Nico Verrijdt wrote: |
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> Hi Andrew, |
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> 2016-06-12 16:26 GMT+02:00 Andrew Lowe <agl@×××××××.au |
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> <mailto:agl@×××××××.au>>: |
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> Hi all, |
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> A bit off topic here, but there are plenty of people who |
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> seem to know their shells back to front so here goes. |
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> I have set up a Win32 based development environment, |
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> bash/cc/ls/etc/etc, for 1st year Engineering students who have to |
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> learn C on a command line. It's fine for me to remember to put the & |
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> at the end of the command when I fire up the editor but for them, |
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> it's major angst. |
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> The first thing that comes to mind is an alias. Just off |
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> the top of my head I tried: |
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> alias "npp=npp %1 &" |
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> Shouldn't this be: alias npp="npp %1 &" ? |
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> npp being the editor, but that didn't work. Is an alias the |
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> best/easiest way to do this and if so, what would the syntax be, or |
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> is there a better way? |
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> Any thoughts, greatly appreciated, |
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> Andrew |
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> Hope this helps, |
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> Nico |
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Or just tell them to remember to add the & at the end. |
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With an alias what will they do when they don't want it? |
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Or look at it this way: |
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It's syntax, it's important. C is probably more syntax-critical than any |
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other language around (binds to the right, anyone?) so what's the |
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problem with requiring correct syntax on the command line as well? |
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Obligatory disclaimer: I've recently had a bellyache full of dumb people |
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who insist I put code when a human (themselves) belongs... |
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