From c175751b501a3a4cb40ad4787340a597ea769be4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tanaka Akira Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 18:05:35 +0000 Subject: Initial revision --- README | 135 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 135 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000..6a591b263 --- /dev/null +++ b/README @@ -0,0 +1,135 @@ +----------------- +THE Z SHELL (ZSH) +----------------- + +Version +------- + +This is zsh version 3.1 (beta) + +Note that this is a beta version. The latest stable version is zsh-3.0.5. + +Installing Zsh +-------------- + +The instructions for compiling zsh are in the file INSTALL. You should +also check the file MACHINES in the subdirectory Etc to see if there +are any special instructions for your particular architecture. + +Features +-------- + +Zsh is a shell with lots of features. For a list of these, see the +file Etc/FEATURES. For more details, see the documentation. + +Documentation +------------- + +There are a number of documents about zsh in this distribution: + +Doc/Zsh/*.yo The master source for the zsh documentation is written in + yodl. Yodl is a document language written by Karel Kubat. + It is not required by zsh but but it is a nice program so + you might want to get it anyway, especially if you are a + zsh developer. It can be downloaded from + ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/yodl* + +Doc/zsh*.1 Man pages in nroff format. These will be installed + by "make install.man" or "make install". By default, + these will be installed in /usr/local/man/man1, although + you can change this with the --mandir option to configure + or editing the user configuration section of the top level + Makefile. + +Doc/zsh.texi Everything the man pages have, but in texinfo format. These + will be installed by "make install.info" or "make install". + By default, these will be installed in /usr/local/info, + although you can change this with the --infodir option to + configure or editing the user configuration section of the + top level Makefile. + +Also include in the distribution are: + +Doc/intro.ms An introduction to zsh in troff format using the ms + macros. This document explains many of the features + that make zsh more equal than other shells. + Unfortunately this is based on zsh-2.5 so some examples + may not work without changes but it is still a good + introduction. + +If you do not have the necessary tools to process these documents, +PostScript, ASCII, Info and DVI versions are available in the separate +file zsh-beta-doc.tar.gz at the archive sites listed in the META-FAQ. + +The distribution also contains a Perl script in Utils/helpfiles which +can be used to extract the descriptions of builtin commands from the +zshbuiltins manual page. See the comments at the beginning of the +script about its usage. The files created by this script can be used +by example function run-help located in the subdirectory Functions to +show information about zsh builtins and run `man' on external commands. +For this the shell variable HELPDIR should point to a directory containing +the fileles generated by the helpfiles script. run-help should be +unaliased before loading the run-help function. After that this function +will be executed by the run-help ZLE function which is by default bound +to ESC-h in emacs mode. + +Examples +-------- + +Examples of zsh startup files are located in the subdirectory +StartupFiles. Examples of zsh functions and scripts are located in +the subdirectory Functions. Examples of completion control commands +(compctl) are located in the file Misc/compctl-examples. + +Zsh FTP Sites, Web Pages, and Mailing Lists +------------------------------------------- + +The current list of zsh FTP sites, web pages, and mailing lists can be +found in the META-FAQ. A copy is included in this distribution and is +available separately at any of the zsh FTP sites. + +Common Problems and Frequently Asked Questions +---------------------------------------------- + +Zsh has a list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) maintained by Peter +Stephenson . It covers many common problems encountered +when building, installing, and using zsh. A copy is included in this +distribution in Etc/FAQ and is available separately at any of the zsh +ftp sites. + +Zsh Maintenance and Bug Reports +------------------------------- + +Zsh is currently maintained by the members of the zsh-workers mailing list +and coordinated by Andrew Main (Zefram) . Please send +any feedback and bugs reports to . + +There is a script "reporter" in the subdirectory Util which will print +out your current shell environment/setup. If you report a bug, please +use this script and include the output from sourcing this file. This way, +the problem you are reporting can be recreated. + +You can help even more if you can reproduce the bug starting zsh with +the -f option. This skips the execution of local startup files except +/etc/zshenv. If a bug occurs only when some options set try to locate +the option which triggers the bug. + +The known bugs in zsh are listed in the file Etc/BUGS. Check this as +well as the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) list before sending a bug +report. Note that zsh has some features which are not compatible with +sh but these are not bugs. Most of these incompatibilities go away +when zsh is invoked as sh or ksh (e.g. using a symbolic link). + +If you send a bug report to the list and are not a subscriber, please +mention this in your message if you want a response. + +If you would like to contribute to the development and maintenance of zsh, +then you should join the zsh-workers mailing list (check the META-FAQ +for info on this). You should also read the "zsh-development-guide" +located in the subdirectory Util. + +Contributors +------------ + +The people who have contributed to this software project are listed +in Etc/CONTRIBUTORS. -- cgit 1.4.1