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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- [`_this_dir`](chap-special-var.html#_this_dir)
101- [`__provide__`](chap-special-var.html#__provide__)
102- An imported module is an [`Obj`][Obj] with an [`__invoke__`][__invoke__]
103 method
104
105[Obj]: chap-type-method.html#Obj
106[__invoke__]: chap-type-method.html#__invoke__
107
108OSH:
109
110- [`source`](chap-builtin-cmd.html#source)
111- [`source-guard`](chap-builtin-cmd.html#source-guard)
112
113### Interactive Shell
114
115- [`renderPrompt()`](chap-plugin.html#renderPrompt)
116
117OSH:
118
119- [`complete`][complete]
120- Oils enhancements: [`compexport`][compexport], [`compadjust`][compadjust]
121
122[complete]: chap-builtin-cmd.html#complete
123[compadjust]: chap-builtin-cmd.html#compadjust
124[compexport]: chap-builtin-cmd.html#compexport
125
126### Tracing
127
128- `set -x` aka `set -o xtrace`
129- [PS4][]
130- `SHX_*`
131
132[PS4]: chap-plugin.html#PS4
133
134### Unicode
135
136- TODO: which functions respect Unicode?
137
138Also see [the Unicode doc](../unicode.html).
139
140
141## YSH Only
142
143### Objects
144
145- [`Obj`][Obj]
146 - `__invoke__` and `__call__`
147 - `propView()` and `prototype()` - may be renamed `first() rest()`
148 - [`ENV`][ENV] is an `Obj`
149- operator `.` [ysh-attr](chap-expr-lang.html#ysh-attr)
150- operator `->` [thin-arrow](chap-expr-lang.html#thin-arrow)
151
152### Closures
153
154- [block-arg](chap-cmd-lang.html#block-arg)
155- Maybe: proc, func
156
157### Funcs
158
159- [`func`](chap-ysh-cmd.html#func)
160- Callable objects: [`__call__`][__call__] and [`Obj`][Obj] (TODO)
161- [`ysh-func-call`](chap-expr-lang.html#ysh-func-call)
162
163[__call__]: chap-type-method.html#__call__
164
165### Reflection
166
167- The [`io`][io] object has `eval()` methods, etc.
168- The [`vm`][vm] object for inspecting interpreter structures
169
170[io]: chap-type-method.html#io
171[vm]: chap-type-method.html#vm
172
173### Namespaces
174
175- [`ENV`](chap-special-var.html#ENV)
176- [`__builtins__`](chap-special-var.html#__builtins__)
177
178<!--
179
180TODO:
181
182- __modules__
183- does vm.getFrame() belong?
184
185-->
186
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