I would love to drop bash/zsh for some other python-based shell like xonsh. I tried it already a few times, and having access to the python language and built-ins right from the prompt is amazing. The way the found to mix both command prompt and python syntax seems really smart. Nevertheless, the effort to update all my (quite extensive) zsh setup, as well as the cognitive effort to re-educate my brain, is huge. So I want to have to do it only once. This means it should be A) a project that has chances to survive in the long term, so not dependent on a single developer, and B) that has chances to become the reference one, gathering most of the users/contributors.
I don't know about the current craving for such technologies -- if it is a good idea or not -- nor the place of xonsh in all this. My main concern with xonsh is a blog article (Nov 2015) [1], that implies some issues regarding the management and the direction of the project.
Does anyone have opinion/experience on these python-based shells, the existing alternatives, and more specifically about xonsh?
I don't know about the current craving for such technologies -- if it is a good idea or not -- nor the place of xonsh in all this. My main concern with xonsh is a blog article (Nov 2015) [1], that implies some issues regarding the management and the direction of the project.
Does anyone have opinion/experience on these python-based shells, the existing alternatives, and more specifically about xonsh?
[1] http://www.skepticism.us/2015/11/xonsh-is-no-longer-a-possib...