[knutae]

Agree with these, and would like to add one more:

  $(subcommand)

as an alternative to

  (subcommand)

PS: I have been using fish as my primary shell for about a year now, very happy with it. :)

[jhasse]

Good news: Another dev mentioned that they are already discussing this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15913358