str: a better tr command

[elzr]

The tr command has always been a blessing and yet I've always found it
bothersome. Not only do I always get confused with direction (is it
"1st word TO, 2nd word FROM" or the reverse?), I just hate having to
decide every single time. Worst, it wreaks havoc with my habits: after
a long time translating in the same direction my fingers learn it and
next time I want the opposite direction it takes several annoying
tries to unlearn the habit.

So I came up with str ("super/simple/synchronous tr"), which avoids
the direction decision by doing both at once, each one presented in an
individual vertical frame. This is not only much faster in practice,
it's more unconscious and habit-friendly. Remember, thought is
irksome!

Cheers!

[Jonathan Aquino]

Beautiful idea and execution, elzr! You must be a student of Raskin/Cooper.

Jon

[elzr]

Heh, you got me there, I'm a Raskin fan. Cooper has been under my
radar for a long while but I've never read him. Is he good?

On Oct 6, 7:04 pm, "Jonathan Aquino" <jonathan.aqu...@gmail.com>
wrote:

[Jonathan Aquino]

I enjoyed his About Face. Some are turned off by his opinionated style; I
didn't mind it.

Another opinionated book I am currently enjoying (about English grammar) :
The Elements of Style, by Strunk and White.

[elzr]

Ah, Strunk & White--"vigor is a by-product of brevity." Great book.

I've found opinionated-ness, when clearly stated as so, to be actually
a mark of good writing. The Economist, for instance, introduces its
opinions with a classy "this newspaper believes".

Bad writers muddy the waters, good ones state clearly what is fact and
what is their opinion. Every writer has opinions on what she's writing
(otherwise, why write?). Being clear about them is just one more way
to be objective.

So let's give About Face a try. :)

On Oct 7, 12:12 pm, "Jonathan Aquino" <jonathan.aqu...@gmail.com>

[Jonathan Aquino]

Here's a neat command: switch

Example: switch tree | sky => blue, tree => green, sun => orange
Returns: green

If the key cannot be found, the last option is returned.

Example: switch rock | sky => blue, tree => green, sun => orange
Returns: orange

Jon

[Brian]

That's a good command, Jon. Thanks!

It reminds me of this old discussion we had about boolean switches:
http://groups.google.com/group/YubNub/browse_thread/thread/fadfc4878349ec4c/0d94d99e3b769df1

On Oct 20, 8:35 pm, "Jonathan Aquino" <jonathan.aqu...@gmail.com>
wrote:

[Brian]

I created a command "searchswitchtest" to test it out:

yubnub {switch {% 1 %s} | g => {url g {% 2- %s}}, y => {url y {% 2-
%s}}}

My command isn't very useful, but it's cool to see how "switch" could
be put to use.

On Oct 20, 8:35 pm, "Jonathan Aquino" <jonathan.aqu...@gmail.com>
wrote:

[Jonathan Aquino]

Cool!

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[Klink C]

I think I understand this now- It's much easier than continually
piping IfThen commands like I tried.

On Oct 20, 9:35 pm, "Jonathan Aquino" <jonathan.aqu...@gmail.com>
wrote: