Bash ligatures

[adrianparvino]

It would be cool to have some ligatures for Bash, considering that #{ already has ligatures.

Off the top of my head, I can name the following that I would appreciate having ligatures for.

• $(
• $((
• ${
• ((
• ))

[fabrizioschiavi]

How do you imagine the design of these ligatures?

[Porges]

(( and )) would be difficult because they come up normally in 'unbalanced' situations: ((int)x + 1) * 2

[adrianparvino]

@Porges FWIW, there are ligatures for [[ and ]], despite them being unbalanced sometimes.

@fabrizioschiavi I'm thinking similar to the design of #{. Just pack the spacing a bit, for example.

[fabrizioschiavi]

I agree with @Porges because spacing a bit can cause unbalancing situations.
[[ and ]] was removed since version 0.828 just for this reason (see #119) .
#{ it's ok for the weird 'nature' of #

[adrianparvino]

Aww. :( Thanks anyway!