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2title: YSH and OSH Topics by Feature
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7
8YSH and OSH Topics by Feature
9====
10
11<span class="in-progress">(in progress)</span>
12
13This page links to topics in the [Oils Reference](index.html). It's organized
14differently than the [YSH Table of Contents](toc-ysh.html) or [OSH Table of
15Contents](toc-osh.html).
16
17<div id="toc">
18</div>
19
20## Where YSH Improves on OSH
21
22### Errors
23
24YSH:
25
26- [`try`](chap-builtin-cmd.html#try)
27- [`_error`](chap-special-var.html#_error)
28- multiple processes
29 - [`_pipeline_status`](chap-special-var.html#_pipeline_status)
30 - [`_process_sub_status`](chap-special-var.html#_process_sub_status)
31- [Options](chap-option.html):
32 - `strict_errexit`, `command_sub_errexit`, ...
33
34OSH:
35
36- [`$?`](chap-special-var.html#POSIX-special) - not idiomatic in YSH
37- [Options](chap-option.html):
38 - `errexit`, `pipefail`, `inherit_errexit`
39
40### Environment Variables
41
42YSH:
43
44- [`ENV`][ENV]
45- [`ysh-prefix-binding`][ysh-prefix-binding] - for `NAME=val` env bindings
46- [`simple-command`][simple-command] - external commands are started with an
47 `environ`
48- [Options](chap-option.html):
49 - `shopt --unset no_exported`
50 - `shopt --set env_obj`
51
52[ENV]: chap-special-var.html#ENV
53
54<!--
55TODO: should we have a `envFromDict()` function that goes with `env -i`?
56-->
57
58OSH:
59
60- [`export`](chap-osh-assign.html#export)
61- [`prefix-binding`][prefix-binding] - for `NAME=val` env bindings
62
63[prefix-binding]: chap-cmd-lang.html#prefix-binding
64[ysh-prefix-binding]: chap-cmd-lang.html#ysh-prefix-binding
65
66[simple-command]: chap-cmd-lang.html#simple-command
67
68
69### I/O
70
71YSH:
72
73- [`write`](chap-builtin-cmd.html#write)
74 - [`ysh-echo`](chap-builtin-cmd.html#ysh-echo) is a shortcut for `write`
75- [`ysh-read`](chap-builtin-cmd.html#ysh-read) - `read --all`, etc.
76- [`redir`](chap-builtin-cmd.html#redir)
77- The [`io`](chap-type-method.html#io) object
78
79OSH:
80
81- [`printf`](chap-builtin-cmd.html#printf)
82
83### Procs
84
85YSH:
86
87- [`proc`](chap-ysh-cmd.html#proc)
88- Invokable objects: [`__invoke__`][__invoke__], [`Obj`][Obj]
89- [`simple-command`][simple-command] is how you invoke procs
90
91OSH:
92
93- [`sh-func`](chap-cmd-lang.html#sh-func)
94
95### Modules
96
97- [`use`](chap-builtin-cmd.html#use)
98- [`is-main`](chap-builtin-cmd.html#is-main)
99- provide (TODO)
100- [`__provide__`](chap-special-var.html#__provide__)
101- An imported module is an [`Obj`][Obj] with an [`__invoke__`][__invoke__]
102 method
103
104[Obj]: chap-type-method.html#Obj
105[__invoke__]: chap-type-method.html#__invoke__
106
107OSH:
108
109- [`source`](chap-builtin-cmd.html#source)
110- [`source-guard`](chap-builtin-cmd.html#source-guard)
111
112### Interactive Shell
113
114- [`renderPrompt()`](chap-plugin.html#renderPrompt)
115
116OSH:
117
118- [`complete`][complete]
119- Oils enhancements: [`compexport`][compexport], [`compadjust`][compadjust]
120
121[complete]: chap-builtin-cmd.html#complete
122[compadjust]: chap-builtin-cmd.html#compadjust
123[compexport]: chap-builtin-cmd.html#compexport
124
125### Tracing
126
127- `set -x` aka `set -o xtrace`
128- [PS4][]
129- `SHX_*`
130
131[PS4]: chap-plugin.html#PS4
132
133### Unicode
134
135- TODO: which functions respect Unicode?
136
137Also see [the Unicode doc](../unicode.html).
138
139
140## YSH Only
141
142### Objects
143
144- [`Obj`][Obj]
145 - `__invoke__` and `__call__`
146 - `propView()` and `prototype()` - may be renamed `first() rest()`
147 - [`ENV`][ENV] is an `Obj`
148- operator `.` [ysh-attr](chap-expr-lang.html#ysh-attr)
149- operator `->` [thin-arrow](chap-expr-lang.html#thin-arrow)
150
151### Closures
152
153- [block-arg](chap-cmd-lang.html#block-arg)
154- Maybe: proc, func
155
156### Funcs
157
158- [`func`](chap-ysh-cmd.html#func)
159- Callable objects: [`__call__`][__call__] and [`Obj`][Obj] (TODO)
160- [`ysh-func-call`](chap-expr-lang.html#ysh-func-call)
161
162[__call__]: chap-type-method.html#__call__
163
164### Reflection
165
166- The [`io`][io] object has `eval()` methods, etc.
167- The [`vm`][vm] object for inspecting interpreter structures
168
169[io]: chap-type-method.html#io
170[vm]: chap-type-method.html#vm