Experimental Python-based shell

[Jonathan Hayward]

I am open to suggestions and patches. I don't think the syntax strange,
though: it offers a clear and distinct way to differentiate Python and
shell commands, and shell commands can access Python variables when
specified. And it is a simple rule, without footnotes needed.

On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 11:25 AM, Amirouche Boubekki <
amirouche.boubekki at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> 2012/10/3 Jonathan Hayward <jonathan.hayward at pobox.com>
>
>> The chief benefit besides the searching, so far, is that you can use Py3k
>> mixed with shell commands as the scripting language--so script in Python
>> instead of bash.
>>
>> When using Python for scripting, Python lines are indented by an extra
>> tab (or four spaces) while shell-like commands are not indented. So:
>>
>> cjsh>     for index in range(10):
>> ----> echo %(index)d
>> ---->
>> 0
>> 1
>> 2
>> 3
>> 4
>> 5
>> 6
>> 7
>> 8
>> 9
>>
>> Echo could (and maybe should) be a built-in, but it isn't. The output is
>> os.system()'ed to bash, which echoes based on a command that includes the
>> value of a Python variable. The implementation is a bit crude, but it is
>> reasonably powerful.
>>
>> I have other things on the agenda, like making it able to run scripts and
>> doing fuzzy matching, but for now those are the main two attractions.
>>
>
> Is it possible to drop completly the bash syntax and use some python
> library (I saw it on github) that wraps bash commands with python functions
> or the other around making it possible to call python functions with a
> bash-like syntax. The syntax you are talking about seems strange.
>
> Regards,
>
> Amirouche
>



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