Re: Bash Script Editing Mode?

[Lennart Borgman (gmail)]

formido wrote:
> There's a shell mode, but it has a prompt and doesn't help you
> incrementally create a shell script as efficiently as it could, unless
> I'm missing something. Is there any shell script mode that works more
> like the elisp, python, or erlang repls, where you can execute your
> choice of several lines at once and you can go back and edit and
> execute the lines in situ? If I write a bash function, editing and
> reloading the function is a painful process. I'm looking for something
> a little bit like the Mac's BBEdit shell worksheets (only better).
>
> I considered altering the usual shell mode, but it would take more
> than slight edits, so I'm hoping something's already out there. For
> example, one should be able to go back to a function, tweak it, and
> reload with a minimum of keyboard fuss.

You can search for available commands from the help menu. Major modes 
are commands so you can use the menu entry

  Help
    Search Documentation
      Find Commands by Name

I guessed that such a major mode would match

  ^sh.*-mode$

and found some that might help you (I am not sure).