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@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Src/prompt.c, Src/watch.c, Src/zsh.h, Src/Zle/zle_refresh.c: prompt escapes for colouring. + * users/12846: Etc/FAQ.yo: not so many Windows ports, these days. + 2008-05-08 Peter Stephenson <pws@csr.com> * unposted: Src/modules.c: bad arguments to error message. diff --git a/Etc/FAQ.yo b/Etc/FAQ.yo index 62f1842f3..0ddee2269 100644 --- a/Etc/FAQ.yo +++ b/Etc/FAQ.yo @@ -274,8 +274,9 @@ sect(On what machines will it run?) any modern version of UNIX, and a great many not-so-modern versions too. The file MACHINES in the distribution has more details. - There are also now separate ports for Windows and OS/2, see `Where - do I get it' below. + There used to be separate ports for Windows and OS/2, but these + are rather out of date and hard to get; however, zsh exists for + the Cygwin environment. See further notes below. If you need to change something to support a new machine, it would be appreciated if you could add any necessary preprocessor code and @@ -373,29 +374,15 @@ label(16) (http://zsh.open-mirror.com/) ) - The Windows port mentioned above is maintained separately by email(Amol - Deshpande <amold@microsoft.com>); please mail Amol directly about any - Windows-specific problems. This is based on 3.0.5, and probably will - not be developed further. You can get it from: - - description( - mydit() url(ftp://ftp.blarg.net/users/amol/zsh/) -(ftp://ftp.blarg.net/users/amol/zsh/) - ) - - There is no port of version 4 for Windows, but newer releases compile under - Cygwin, a freely available UNIX-style environment for the Win32 API. You - can find information about this at - url(http://www.cygwin.com/)\ -(http://www.cygwin.com/). - - Likewise the OS/2 port is available from email(TAMURA Kent - <kent@tril.ibm.co.jp>) at - - description( - mydit() url(http://cgi.din.or.jp/~tkent/tmp/zsh-3.0.0-os2-a01.zip) -(http://cgi.din.or.jp/~tkent/tmp/zsh-3.0.0-os2-a01.zip) - ) + A Windows port used to be maintaiend by Amol Deshpandem based on 3.0.5, + but this is rather out of date and hard to find. Various other + attempts have been made to port zsh to Windows but I am not aware + of any current native Windows version. All recent releases of zsh + compile under Cygwin, a freely available UNIX-style environment for the + Win32 API, and a pre-compiled version of zsh can be downloaded by + the Cygwin installer. You can find information about this at + url(http://www.cygwin.com/)(http://www.cygwin.com/). Please email + email(zsh-workers@sunsite.dk) if you have information about other ports. Starting from mid-October 1997, there is an archive of patches sent to the maintainers' mailing list. Note that these may not all be @@ -409,7 +396,7 @@ label(16) mydit() url(http://sunsite.dk/zsh/Patches/) (http://sunsite.dk/zsh/Patches/) ) - + sect(I don't have root access: how do I make zsh my login shell?) Unfortunately, on many machines you can't use mytt(chsh) to change your |