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@ -1252,15 +1252,16 @@ that even if a variable contains spaces, it will never be separated
into multiple arguments. If you want to tokenize a string, you can use
the <a href="commands.html#tokenize">tokenize</a> command.
Command substitution is specified using parenthesis.
Command substitution is specified using parenthesis, as in <tt>set name (whoami)</tt>.
There is no math mode, use bc.
The POSIX way of setting variables is <i>lame</i>. Whitespace
sensitive languages are awful. "foo=bar" and "foo = bar" should not
mean different things? \c fish uses a builtin, <tt>set</tt> to set and
remove environment variables. This keeps things consistent. In fish,
everything, including the switch/case statement is a command.
mean different things. \c fish uses a builtin, <tt>set</tt> to set and
remove environment variables. While this may seem a bit obscure, this
makes for a very consistent language. In fish, everything, including
the loops, assignments and switch/case statements is a command.
In \c fish, all block types end with the \c end command.

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@ -39,9 +39,13 @@ barrier_reply
</pre>
A \c barrier command will result in a barrier_reply beeing added to
the end of the senders queue. These commands are used to synchronize
clients.
the end of the senders queue of unsent messages. These commands are
used to synchronize clients, since once the reply for a barrier
message returns, the sender can know that any updates available at the
time the original barrier request was sent have been recieved.
\subecion fishd-files Files
\subsection fishd-files Files
~/.fishd.HOSTNAME permenent storage location for universal variale data
~/.fishd.HOSTNAME permenent storage location for universal variale
data. The data is stored as a set of \c set and \c set_export commands
such as would be parsed by fishd.