Fish shell, a popular user-friendly command-line shell, has announced version 4.2, a new release that builds on the 4.0 series. Among the most visible improvements is an upgrade to history-based autosuggestions, which now properly handle multi-line commands.

Fish 4.2 also improves how prompts are managed: transient prompts that contain more lines than the final one are now cleared properly, preventing visual clutter on screen. Similarly, the shell now hides parts of a multi-line prompt that have scrolled out of view, eliminating duplicated lines after repainting.

  • rarsamx@lemmy.ca
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    4 hours ago

    For me:

    • Better auto complete.
    • Better scripting language
    • Easier to create built in functions
    • Nicer prompt configuration

    There may be some others but I find Bash clumsy (or maybe I’m just clumsy in bash) when I need to use it.