From 81533bfbbce82859ea8663583380d0558781ae64 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Stephenson Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 17:35:45 +0000 Subject: users/12846: not so many Windows ports, these days --- Etc/FAQ.yo | 39 +++++++++++++-------------------------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-) (limited to 'Etc') 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 + There used to be separate ports for Windows and OS/2, but these + are rather out of date and hard to get; however, zsh exists for + the Cygwin environment.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 ); 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 - ) 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- ) + A Windows port used to be maintaiend by Amol Deshpandem based on 3.0.5, + but this is rather out of date and hard to find.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 -- cgit 1.4.1