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Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 18:01:50 -0800 (PST)
From: "Peter A. Castro" <doctor AT fruitbat DOT org>
To: Virginia Mann <tuanglen AT hotmail DOT com>
cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Making zsh the default
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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.

-- 
Peter A. Castro <doctor AT fruitbat DOT org> or <Peter DOT Castro AT oracle DOT com>
	"Cats are just autistic Dogs" -- Dr. Tony Attwood


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