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- $Id: README,v 2.3 1996/06/28 13:29:59 hzoli Exp $
-
- Version
- -------
- This is zsh version 3.0
-
- 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*.man 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, and ascii, info and dvi versions are available in the
- separate file zsh-doc.tar.gz at the archive sites listed below.
-
- The distribution also contains a perl script in Utils/helpfiles which
- can be used to extract the descriptions of builtin commands from the
- zshbuiltin 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 <P.Stephenson@swansea.ac.uk>. 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 ZoltÆn HidvØgi <hzoli@cs.elte.hu>. Please send
- any feedback and bugs reports to: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu
-
- 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.
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------
- ZoltÆn HidvØgi (Coordinator, Zsh Development Group)
- hzoli@cs.elte.hu
-