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Re: Making zsh the default
- From: "Peter A. Castro" <doctor at fruitbat dot org>
- To: Virginia Mann <tuanglen at hotmail dot com>
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 18:01:50 -0800 (PST)
- Subject: Re: Making zsh the default
On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, Virginia Mann wrote:
> This is probably a dumb question, but I'm a real newbie, so here goes....
>
> What is the proper way to make zsh the default shell in Cygwin? I installed
> it and can start it up by typing "zsh" at a bash prompt, but how do I make
> it take the place of the bash shell entirely?
The latest version of zsh for Cygwin (4.0.6-2) has a shell script which
creates a desktop and/or menu item specifically for starting a zsh shell.
$ mkzsh --desktop
This'll create a desktop icon named 'Cygwin Zsh' which will open a window
and start a zsh shell. mkzsh creates a batch filenamed zsh.bat, which is
what the icon runs, so you can modify it as you like. Sorry, no doc for
mkzsh, but it's basically a wrapper around mkshortcut (which does have a
manpage :)
> Thanks.
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Peter A. Castro <doctor@fruitbat.org> or <Peter.Castro@oracle.com>
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