chrisweekly 5 years ago

It's pronounced "Konsh". Origin story - name relates to conch ("konk") shells.

Source: my 1st cousin, one of its co-creators and core maintainers.

gridlockd 5 years ago

Okay, but I read it as "zonsh", or maybe "Exxon Shell".

pmiller2 5 years ago

Sounds like it should actually be "χonch," then, with a Greek letter chi instead of an 'x'.

  • kwk1 5 years ago

    This pattern is also present in e.g. LaTeX

    • samatman 5 years ago

      TeX being from τέχνη make sense, I do enjoy startling people by pronouncing it thus (as Knuth recommends).

      xonsh being pronounced /kɑnʃ/ and not /eks.ɑnʃ/ or /xɑnʃ/, or even /zɑnʃ/, is just one of those things I have to remember.

      pronouncing TeX /tɛk/ is better than /tɛks/, but really it's /tɛx/, the way Bach is /bax/.

scopatz 5 years ago

More taglines are always welcome!

  • antongribok 5 years ago

    I just want to say thank you for Xonsh!

    I've been using it as my default shell for the past 2 years, and now I pretty much can't work without it.

    Thank you, thank you, thank you!

  • rwcarlsen 5 years ago

    Haven't seen you in meat space for a few years - good to see you're still alive and well in cyberspace!