[PR #1623] [MERGED] Add xonsh shell is a Python-powered, Unix-gazing shell language and command prompt #12773

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📋 Pull Request Information

Original PR: https://github.com/vinta/awesome-python/pull/1623
Author: @anki-code
Created: 9/24/2020
Status: ✅ Merged
Merged: 10/27/2020
Merged by: @vinta

Base: master ← Head: patch-1

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6b4ee06 xonsh is a Python-powered, cross-platform, Unix-gazing shell language and command prompt.

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📄 Description

What is this Python project?

xonsh is a Python-powered, cross-platform, Unix-gazing shell language and command prompt. The language is a superset of Python 3.5+ with additional shell primitives. It is time-tested and very well documented project.

What's the difference between this Python project and similar ones?

Xonsh is significantly different from most other shells or shell tools. The following table lists features and capabilities that various tools may or may not share.

	Bash	zsh	plumbum	fish	IPython	xonsh
Sane language			✓	✓	✓	✓
Easily scriptable	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓
Native cross-platform support			✓	✓	✓	✓
Meant as a shell	✓	✓		✓		✓
Tab completion	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓
Completion from man-page parsing				✓		✓
Large standard library		✓			✓	✓
Typed variables			✓	✓	✓	✓
Syntax highlighting				✓	in notebook	w/ prompt-toolkit
Pun in name	✓		✓			✓
Rich history						✓

_{🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.}

## 📋 Pull Request Information **Original PR:** https://github.com/vinta/awesome-python/pull/1623 **Author:** [@anki-code](https://github.com/anki-code) **Created:** 9/24/2020 **Status:** ✅ Merged **Merged:** 10/27/2020 **Merged by:** [@vinta](https://github.com/vinta) **Base:** `master` ← **Head:** `patch-1` --- ### 📝 Commits (1) - [`6b4ee06`](https://github.com/vinta/awesome-python/commit/6b4ee06b419c0348f92eba6b68715a5ee3082fe6) xonsh is a Python-powered, cross-platform, Unix-gazing shell language and command prompt. ### 📊 Changes **1 file changed** (+7 additions, -0 deletions) <details> <summary>View changed files</summary> 📝 `README.md` (+7 -0) </details> ### 📄 Description ## What is this Python project? xonsh is a Python-powered, cross-platform, Unix-gazing shell language and command prompt. The language is a superset of Python 3.5+ with additional shell primitives. It is time-tested and very well documented project. ![Screenshot_20200924_144131](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1708680/94140537-0dd5d380-fe74-11ea-9f61-c1c8d3284d9a.png) ## What's the difference between this Python project and similar ones? Xonsh is significantly different from most other shells or shell tools. The following table lists features and capabilities that various tools may or may not share. <table class="colwidths-given docutils align-default"> <colgroup> <col style="width: 33%"> <col style="width: 11%"> <col style="width: 11%"> <col style="width: 11%"> <col style="width: 11%"> <col style="width: 11%"> <col style="width: 11%"> </colgroup> <thead> <tr class="row-odd"><th class="head stub"></th> <th class="head">Bash</th> <th class="head">zsh</th> <th class="head">plumbum</th> <th class="head">fish</th> <th class="head">IPython</th> <th class="head">xonsh</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr class="row-even"><th class="stub">Sane language</th> <td></td> <td></td> <td>✓</td> <td>✓</td> <td>✓</td> <td>✓</td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><th class="stub">Easily scriptable</th> <td>✓</td> <td>✓</td> <td>✓</td> <td>✓</td> <td></td> <td>✓</td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><th class="stub">Native cross-platform support</th> <td></td> <td></td> <td>✓</td> <td>✓</td> <td>✓</td> <td>✓</td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><th class="stub">Meant as a shell</th> <td>✓</td> <td>✓</td> <td></td> <td>✓</td> <td></td> <td>✓</td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><th class="stub">Tab completion</th> <td>✓</td> <td>✓</td> <td></td> <td>✓</td> <td>✓</td> <td>✓</td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><th class="stub">Completion from man-page parsing</th> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>✓</td> <td></td> <td>✓</td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><th class="stub">Large standard library</th> <td></td> <td>✓</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>✓</td> <td>✓</td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><th class="stub">Typed variables</th> <td></td> <td></td> <td>✓</td> <td>✓</td> <td>✓</td> <td>✓</td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><th class="stub">Syntax highlighting</th> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>✓</td> <td>in notebook</td> <td>w/ prompt-toolkit</td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><th class="stub">Pun in name</th> <td>✓</td> <td></td> <td>✓</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>✓</td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><th class="stub">Rich history</th> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>✓</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> --- 🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.

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