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===================================================================== --- New Scripts -------------------------- zsh ) latex + latex template engine - latex/build-pdf - latex/cleanup - latex/create-new - latex/get-pdf - latex/open-pdf beta SQL script -- got tired of floating this; works, but only OK - db/run-sql/postgres --- Changes ------------------------------ - Added 'math', 'basic', and 'times-new-roman' templates to latex - Added 'readlink' to list of required coreutils - Added __INPUT to read into a variable with prompt (zsh/utils/io) - Added $EXECUTION_DIR to interact with the user's working directory --- Bug Fixes ---------------------------- - subscwrypts no longer force stdout/stderr to tty
ZSH Scwrypts
Since they emulate direct user interaction, shell scripts are often the straightforward choice for task automation.
Basic Utilities
One of my biggest pet-peeves with scripting is when every line of a (insert-language-here) program is escaped to shell. This kind of program, which doesn't use language features, should be a shell script. While there are definitely unavoidable limitations to shell scripting, we can minimize a variety of problems with a modern shell and shared utilities library.
Loaded by common.zsh, the utils/ library provides:
- common function wrappers to unify flags and context
- lazy dependency and environment variable validation
- consistent (and pretty) user input / output