# # This is a neat function, stolen from zsh. It allows you to edit the # value of a variable interactively. # function vared --description "Edit variable value" if test (count $argv) = 1 switch $argv case -h --h --he --hel --help __fish_print_help vared return 0 case '-*' printf (_ "%s: Unknown option %s\n") vared $argv >&2 return 1 case '*' if test (count $$argv ) -lt 2 # Try to avoid using local variables in this function, otherwise they can't be edited. # https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/8836 # However we need to use one local, as you can't read directly into an index (like vared PATH[4]). set -l __fish_vared_temp_value # The command substitution in this line controls the scope. # If variable already exists, do not add any switches, so we don't change # scoping or export rules. But if it does not exist, we make the variable # global, so that it will not die when this function dies. read -p 'set_color green; echo '$argv'; set_color normal; echo "> "' \ (if not set -q $argv; echo -g; end) \ -c "$$argv" \ __fish_vared_temp_value if test -n "$$argv" set $argv $__fish_vared_temp_value else set -g $argv $__fish_vared_temp_value end else printf (_ '%s: %s is an array variable. Use %svared%s %s[n]%s to edit the n:th element of %s\n') vared $argv (set_color $fish_color_command; echo) (set_color $fish_color_normal; echo) $argv (set_color normal; echo) $argv >&2 end end else printf (_ '%s: Expected exactly one argument, got %s.\n\nSynopsis:\n\t%svared%s VARIABLE\n') vared (count $argv) (set_color $fish_color_command; echo) (set_color $fish_color_normal; echo) >&2 end end