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Show HN: Awkdoc: javadoc for the shell, written in Awk(github.com)
11 points by squirt 4y ago|0 comments
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by squirt 4y ago
> The whole point of scripts is for them to be dead simple. To that end, would it not make more sense to always use `[[ ... ]]` for conditions, when I know my .bash scripts will always be invoked by bash? Consistency is simple.
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by squirt 4y ago
Easy. declare -A outer=( [inner]="_inner" ) declare -A _inner=( [key]="value" ) Access inner elements via a nameref. declare -n inner="${outer[inner]}" echo "${inner[key]}"
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by squirt 4y ago
> go back 2 minutes in time. Honestly this is single-handed my favorite thing about vim. Not the ability to fluently traverse through text (and apparently time). But that you can use it for a almost decade, and still have a stranger on
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by squirt 4y ago
Obvious disclaimer: not a historian. Though I can absolutely provide an simplified summary of both the development of present day cursive script. European calligraphy was principally practiced as a means to produce and maintain religious te
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by squirt 4y ago
I find it very hard to buy into the core premise of this article. Namely: > Sassoon’s analysis of how we’re taught to hold pens makes a much stronger case for the role of the ballpoint in the decline of cursive. She explains that the typ
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by squirt 4y ago
> Cursive is the sloppy form of latin characters that you use when you have to write by hand a lot, the reduced specification on word separation and form really help the letters get out quick. This is a an incorrect view on the derivatio
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by squirt 4y ago
> I think this is something of a debate on "is it good to get some exercise?" vs "is walking or swimming or weight lifting a better exercise?" This is an astute comparison, and I think you're completely right. On
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by squirt 4y ago
It's a surprisingly big field. Largely divided into: 1. More artistic, commissioned works 2. Wedding calligraphy, envelope addressing 3. Teaching I principally taught. Was too much of a perfectionist, and would devote more t
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by squirt 4y ago
> Zaner-Bloser or D'Nealian, which both derive from Palmer. This is not accurate. Zaner predates Palmer. > Both of them are terrible. They have indistinct letter shapes that degrade horribly when written quickly. I would more att
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by squirt 4y ago
Yes and yes! It's due to the way penmanship was written. Consider the arm position [0] of proper penmanship. The page is at an angle to the left, such that it is similar to the angle of your forearm on the page. Pivoting at the elbow a
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by squirt 4y ago
Qualifications: former professional penman, focusing specifically on American Penmanship from ~1860-1920. Spencerian script, and the Palmer method both fall into this time period. > If you start doodling these figures when you're bo