Comments on: My favorite Mac OS X command: open http://www.extrapepperoni.com/2008/05/13/my-favorite-mac-os-x-command-open/ Chris Pepper on whatever (the non-Julia blog) Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:17:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: voiphype http://www.extrapepperoni.com/2008/05/13/my-favorite-mac-os-x-command-open/#comment-311 voiphype Wed, 04 Jun 2008 05:56:21 +0000 http://www.extrapepperoni.com/?p=116#comment-311 <p>There's a similar command on Windows, called "start". It was introduced long time ago with Windows 95, where for the first time there were programs associated with file extensions. However, I think this command was modified several times along with each new release (Win 98, Win 2k, XP), and now it is very very useful -- at least to people like me who do most work scripting shell batch files then using the UI ;)</p> There’s a similar command on Windows, called “start”. It was introduced long time ago with Windows 95, where for the first time there were programs associated with file extensions. However, I think this command was modified several times along with each new release (Win 98, Win 2k, XP), and now it is very very useful — at least to people like me who do most work scripting shell batch files then using the UI ;)

]]> By: reppep http://www.extrapepperoni.com/2008/05/13/my-favorite-mac-os-x-command-open/#comment-296 reppep Wed, 14 May 2008 04:52:51 +0000 http://www.extrapepperoni.com/?p=116#comment-296 <p>Bjorn,</p> <p>I don't believe command or filename completion were available on Vassar or RU systems when I used them before reading the book. VMS at Wheaton & Vassar allowed abbreviation, which is excellent but not quite the same thing.</p> Bjorn,

I don’t believe command or filename completion were available on Vassar or RU systems when I used them before reading the book. VMS at Wheaton & Vassar allowed abbreviation, which is excellent but not quite the same thing.

]]> By: bjorn http://www.extrapepperoni.com/2008/05/13/my-favorite-mac-os-x-command-open/#comment-295 bjorn Wed, 14 May 2008 03:56:08 +0000 http://www.extrapepperoni.com/?p=116#comment-295 <p>I think some old CLIs could do escape completion as an option before tab completion was popular, but it was not the default.</p> I think some old CLIs could do escape completion as an option before tab completion was popular, but it was not the default.

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