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From: "Peter A. Castro" <doctor AT fruitbat DOT org>
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On Thu, 9 Jul 2009, wynfield AT gmail DOT com wrote:

> gelati,
> Regarding:
>> Before I spam the list with the errors I get from running Zsh, I'd like
>> to know if Zsh or alternative shells are officially supported by the
>> Cygwin distribution. That is, is Zsh (or tcsh) supposed to be as
>> functional as Bash under Cygwin? Or is Zsh simply included on a "you're
>> lucky if it works, you're on your own if it doesn't" basis? Feedback from
>> Zsh users appreciated. 
>>
>
>   I presume you have silly scripting errors due to your bad syntax.  If
> not then give us a precise idea about what you are talking about.

Ouch!  That's harsh.

Could you please *not* accuse people of things before getting all the
facts?

>   I as well am using:
>          zsh 4.3.9 (i686-pc-cygwin)
>
>   which I compiled manually with gcc (GCC) 4.3.4 20090531 (prerelease)

And why, exactly, did you have to build your own version?  Is there
something wrong with the version available in the Cygwin repository?  And
if there is, why haven't you reported it until now?

No, seriously, what's wrong with it?  If there's some option that should
be enabled by default, I'd like to hear about it.

> p.s. Regarding you're threat about spamming, it is my opinion that one
> should not suggest that one is or would be such an a.h...........
> I will presume you meant it rhetorically.

Again, Ouch!

First you accuse him of poor scripting skills then you call him an
"a.h.", and, I fear, you are misinterpreting his intent to "spam the
list".   Tsk. Tsk.

-- 
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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