From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 24683 invoked from network); 10 May 2005 02:56:18 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 10 May 2005 02:56:18 -0000 Received: (qmail 58455 invoked from network); 10 May 2005 02:56:11 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 10 May 2005 02:56:11 -0000 Received: (qmail 14660 invoked by alias); 10 May 2005 02:56:00 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 8800 Received: (qmail 14636 invoked from network); 10 May 2005 02:55:58 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 10 May 2005 02:55:58 -0000 Received: (qmail 56946 invoked from network); 10 May 2005 02:55:58 -0000 Received: from vms048pub.verizon.net (206.46.252.48) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 10 May 2005 02:55:51 -0000 Received: from candle.brasslantern.com ([4.11.1.68]) by vms048.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2 HotFix 0.04 (built Dec 24 2004)) with ESMTPA id <0IG9002L46T1EAJ2@vms048.mailsrvcs.net> for zsh-users@sunsite.dk; Mon, 09 May 2005 21:55:50 -0500 (CDT) Received: from candle.brasslantern.com (IDENT:schaefer@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by candle.brasslantern.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j4A2tmm6011824 for ; Mon, 09 May 2005 19:55:48 -0700 Received: (from schaefer@localhost) by candle.brasslantern.com (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id j4A2tmBO011823 for zsh-users@sunsite.dk; Mon, 09 May 2005 19:55:48 -0700 Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 02:55:47 +0000 From: Bart Schaefer Subject: Re: Help help, prompt problems here! In-reply-to: <20050509165913.77EF84BEB5@ws1-1.us4.outblaze.com> To: zsh-users@sunsite.dk Message-id: <1050510025547.ZM11822@candle.brasslantern.com> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Z-Mail (5.0.0 30July97) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii References: <20050509165913.77EF84BEB5@ws1-1.us4.outblaze.com> Comments: In reply to "Fafa Hafiz Krantz" "Re: Help help, prompt problems here!" (May 9, 11:59am) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 on a.mx.sunsite.dk X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=6.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Hits: -2.6 On May 9, 11:59am, Fafa Hafiz Krantz wrote: } } By the way, why doesn't autocompletion work, } like my good old tcsh? Completion is what you're enabling when you run compinit. If it's not working, it's probably related to all the other problems you're having with zsh startup. Asking "Why doesn't _________ work?" for any blank you might choose, is way to nonspecific for anyone to give a useful answer. We need to know (at the least) what you expect, and how what you observe is different. As for capturing the output of "zsh -x" ... Create an /etc/zshrc file. Place in it these four lines: print "Trace output is in /tmp/zsh-x.$$" exec 2>/tmp/zsh-x.$$ set -x function precmd { set +x; exec 2>&1; unfunction precmd } Then run zsh the way you normally would. When the shell reaches the point where you think you have to type ctlr+c (assuming you're still having that problem), DO NOT type the ctrl+c. Instead, use another terminal (another xterm window or another virtual console or whatever) to examine the last several lines of the trace file. This will tell you what the "stuck" shell is presently doing. If the shell gets all the way up to printing a prompt, then all is well. In any event, please DO NOT mail the entire file to this list. The last ten lines or so should be enough.