Any Bash features you'd like to see?

[Peter]

On Mon, 16 May 2005, Sy wrote:

>> The key insight is "Programmable Completion" (man bash).  To make long
>> story short, put this in ~/.profile.
> <snip>
>
> Thanks, you've given me a lot to think about.  I remember touching
> briefly on this sort of thing when I was playing with zsh some time
> ago.
>
> I'm actually still contemplating making a wrapper between the shell
> and myself using ruby so that I can keep the more familiar 4dos-style
> functionality, and do wacky things which I'm not yet aware is possible
> in something like bash.
>
> This would force me to learn a new skill (ruby) and work towards
> something that I've always wanted in Linux (4dos).
>
> well.. it's a pipe dream.. for now I'll fiddle with my bash setup some more.  =)

also maybe read the bash manual, about the bind command. Most 
instructive.

Peter
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