RE: zsh as login shell

2005-10-25 Thread Williams, Gerald S \(Jerry\)
I started using zsh about 10 months ago myself. Now I can have my favorite ksh feature (two argument cd) as well as all the things I like in BASH. But I digress... I edited my /etc/profile, replacing bash with zsh, though that of course doesn't help me start ZSH from Windows. To get that, I copie

Re: zsh as login shell

2005-10-25 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Oct 25 11:38, Vaclav Haisman wrote: > > > On Mon, 24 Oct 2005, Thorsten Kampe wrote: > > >Urgh, /top-posting/, > Huh? http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#TOFU Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DO

Re: zsh as login shell

2005-10-25 Thread Vaclav Haisman
On Mon, 24 Oct 2005, Thorsten Kampe wrote: Urgh, /top-posting/, Huh? * Václav Haisman (2005-10-24 13:35 +0100) What about editing /etc/passwd? That's only used for remote logins (ssh, etc.) Vaclav Haisman -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem re

RE: zsh as login shell

2005-10-24 Thread Com MN PG P E B Consultant 3
> Use mkzsh to do this. For help, type 'mkzsh --help' Thank you, this is exactly what I was looking for. > > It works kind of, but I can't get zsh executed as login > shell. The BAT > > file invoking the bash login shell calls bash using > > > > bash --login -i > > See the '-l' option of zs

Re: zsh as login shell

2005-10-24 Thread Peter A. Castro
On Mon, 24 Oct 2005, Com MN PG P E B Consultant 3 wrote: Greetings, Ronald, I would like to have on my Windoze desktop an Icon for zsh running under Cygwin, similar to the standard Cygwin Icon which runs a bash login shell, so that I can choose whether to get a window using bash or using zsh.

Re: zsh as login shell

2005-10-24 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Mon, 24 Oct 2005, Thorsten Kampe wrote: > * Igor Pechtchanski (2005-10-24 16:36 +0100) > > On Mon, 24 Oct 2005, Com MN PG P E B Consultant 3 wrote: > >> I would like to have on my Windoze desktop an Icon for zsh running under > >> Cygwin... > >> [snip] > >> Zsh considers itself a login shell if

Re: zsh as login shell

2005-10-24 Thread Thorsten Kampe
* Igor Pechtchanski (2005-10-24 16:36 +0100) > On Mon, 24 Oct 2005, Com MN PG P E B Consultant 3 wrote: >> I would like to have on my Windoze desktop an Icon for zsh running under >> Cygwin... >> [snip] >> Zsh considers itself a login shell iff it is called under a name >> starting with a dash. >>

Re: zsh as login shell

2005-10-24 Thread Thorsten Kampe
* Com MN PG P E B Consultant 3 (2005-10-24 13:49 +0100) >> What about editing /etc/passwd? Pesonally, I use customized >> cygwin.bat. > > How exactly would this work? After all, we are talking about Windows > Batch skripts, > don't we? And they are not aware of /etc/passwd. > > But maybe I didn

Re: zsh as login shell

2005-10-24 Thread Thorsten Kampe
Urgh, /top-posting/, * Václav Haisman (2005-10-24 13:35 +0100) > What about editing /etc/passwd? That's only used for remote logins (ssh, etc.) -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http:/

Re: zsh as login shell

2005-10-24 Thread Thorsten Kampe
* Com MN PG P E B Consultant 3 (2005-10-24 11:11 +0100) > I would like to have on my Windoze desktop an Icon for zsh running under > > Cygwin, similar to the standard Cygwin Icon which runs a bash login > shell, > so that I can choose whether to get a window using bash or using zsh. mkzsh > It

Re: zsh as login shell

2005-10-24 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Mon, 24 Oct 2005, Com MN PG P E B Consultant 3 wrote: > I would like to have on my Windoze desktop an Icon for zsh running under > Cygwin... > [snip] > Zsh considers itself a login shell iff it is called under a name > starting with a dash. > [snip] > Another possibility would be to execute a s

Re: zsh as login shell

2005-10-24 Thread Chris Taylor
Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Oct 24 14:49, Com MN PG P E B Consultant 3 wrote: What about editing /etc/passwd? Pesonally, I use customized cygwin.bat. How exactly would this work? After all, we are talking about Windows Batch skripts, don't we? And they are not aware of /etc/passwd. But mayb

Re: zsh as login shell

2005-10-24 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Oct 24 14:49, Com MN PG P E B Consultant 3 wrote: > > What about editing /etc/passwd? Pesonally, I use customized > > cygwin.bat. > > How exactly would this work? After all, we are talking about Windows > Batch skripts, > don't we? And they are not aware of /etc/passwd. > > But maybe I didn'

RE: zsh as login shell

2005-10-24 Thread Com MN PG P E B Consultant 3
> What about editing /etc/passwd? Pesonally, I use customized > cygwin.bat. How exactly would this work? After all, we are talking about Windows Batch skripts, don't we? And they are not aware of /etc/passwd. But maybe I didn't get your point. How do you suggest that I should modify my /etc/pas

Re: zsh as login shell

2005-10-24 Thread Václav Haisman
What about editing /etc/passwd? Pesonally, I use customized cygwin.bat. Václav Hasiman Com MN PG P E B Consultant 3 wrote: > I would like to have on my Windoze desktop an Icon for zsh running under > > Cygwin, similar to the standard Cygwin Icon which runs a bash login > shell, > so that I can