On 8/24/20 3:53 PM, Martijn Dekker wrote:
>> What I mean is looking for PROMPT_COMMAND as happens now, and reacting a
>> different way if it's an array variable. That would resolve the existing
>> assignment issues, but open up the separate issues you describe.
>
>
> But I also suggested a way o
Op 24-08-20 om 20:37 schreef Chet Ramey:
On 8/24/20 12:58 PM, Martijn Dekker wrote:
Op 24-08-20 om 15:57 schreef Chet Ramey:
I sometimes think I should have stuck with converting PROMPT_COMMAND to
an array. Either way, there's going to be a transition, and maybe that
would have been the easiest
2020-08-25 1:59 Martijn Dekker :
> Is it too late? I think that would actually be cleaner than adding a
> separate array, per Koichi's report.
If it's not too late to change, converting PROMPT_COMMAND to an array
looks better to me too. As for the problem of scripts doing
`PROMPT_COMMAND=command'
On 8/24/20 12:58 PM, Martijn Dekker wrote:
> Op 24-08-20 om 15:57 schreef Chet Ramey:
>> I sometimes think I should have stuck with converting PROMPT_COMMAND to
>> an array. Either way, there's going to be a transition, and maybe that
>> would have been the easiest.
>
> Is it too late? I think tha
Op 24-08-20 om 15:57 schreef Chet Ramey:
I sometimes think I should have stuck with converting PROMPT_COMMAND to
an array. Either way, there's going to be a transition, and maybe that
would have been the easiest.
Is it too late? I think that would actually be cleaner than adding a
separate arr
2020-08-24 23:57 Chet Ramey :
> There's no real good solution. I wanted a clean break between the scalar
> and array versions, figuring that the distributions that populated
> PROMPT_COMMAND could easily make that PROMPT_COMMANDS[0].
Thank you for your reply. OK, if there would be no better solut
On 8/22/20 10:35 PM, Koichi Murase wrote:
> Hi, I have a question on the behavior of the new array PROMPT_COMMANDS
> and the best practice to use it.
>
> In coming Bash 5.1, the new array variable `PROMPT_COMMANDS' is
> available in the replacement of `PROMPT_COMMAND'. When the array
> `PROMPT_CO
Hi, I have a question on the behavior of the new array PROMPT_COMMANDS
and the best practice to use it.
In coming Bash 5.1, the new array variable `PROMPT_COMMANDS' is
available in the replacement of `PROMPT_COMMAND'. When the array
`PROMPT_COMMANDS' has one or more elements, the scalar version
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