I really want this to succeed¹, but I struggle to use it. How are people that are testing/using it coping without the normal niceties of their regular setup? I'm wondering if there are just some tricks I'm missing.
Off the top of my head, things I'm thinking of include:
* Just a minute ago realising that without zsh globs I have to remember find syntax, and then have to figure out how to sort the results(probably decorate →sort(1) → undecorate). My laziness led me to just C-d and execute my task with zsh.
* No context sensitive completion; I don't realise how much I rely on this until it is gone. Using bash-completion gets some completion, but it is a big step backwards.
* No programmable input, you can fake some with ~/.inputrc hacks but only basic text support(no macros). (Edit to add: The guard name is "oil" not "osh", if you're looking to do this yourself.)
There is a document in the wiki², but it doesn't really cover much. I'd be interested in seeing the configs of people who are using it.
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Should say I really like the idea of hijacking '#!/bin/sh' to inject osh, it feels like a really good way to round out testing of scripts you'd otherwise forget about. I wonder if a LD_PRELOAD'able solution that would work outside osh would be a good idea.
¹ Strong déjà vu on this comment, but if it is real it is because I truly like the goals set out for oil.
My "solution" to this is using https://github.com/sharkdp/fd (even when in zsh and having glob support). I'm not sure if using a tool that's not present by default would be suitable for your use cases, but if you're considering alternate shells, I suspect you might be