From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,T_DKIMWL_WL_HIGH autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from primenet.com.au (ns1.primenet.com.au [203.24.36.2]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id a4bb1750 for ; Tue, 4 Jun 2019 10:06:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 20191 invoked by alias); 4 Jun 2019 10:06:06 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Users List List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: X-Seq: 23963 Received: (qmail 28075 invoked by uid 1010); 4 Jun 2019 10:06:06 -0000 X-Qmail-Scanner-Diagnostics: from mailout2.w1.samsung.com by f.primenet.com.au (envelope-from , uid 7791) with qmail-scanner-2.11 (clamdscan: 0.101.2/25468. spamassassin: 3.4.2. Clear:RC:0(210.118.77.12):SA:0(-7.0/5.0):. Processed in 3.538611 secs); 04 Jun 2019 10:06:06 -0000 X-Envelope-From: p.stephenson@samsung.com X-Qmail-Scanner-Mime-Attachments: | X-Qmail-Scanner-Zip-Files: | Received-SPF: pass (ns1.primenet.com.au: SPF record at _spf.samsung.com designates 210.118.77.12 as permitted sender) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 mailout2.w1.samsung.com 20190604100527euoutp02e012ec0641e4d57a74c59870944c2f23~k9swPST7s2994129941euoutp02W DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=samsung.com; s=mail20170921; t=1559642727; bh=OVG0cJorzXzdHXna6HJYJN8Nn37GoXOssS2pHWudOUA=; h=Subject:From:To:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=NRSipfI8CYGb8qpKvtsONqExmfiYiL9sfFL66AkwmKthEyOf5KNARUw2Z53s5vyKh aeHWVKeCVZ765Y+vxphcLTM6f/j/oCnOnBdFGSR1X4c2TKS0NA5aUhpPHwjU8urkbb CU6eWLS5TVo9REuuEngEF/VJPMlkogXMbD0gMbz8= X-AuditID: cbfec7f5-b8fff700000010e5-97-5cf64266d57c Message-ID: <1559642724.4327.1.camel@samsung.com> Subject: Re: Zsh as default in Mac OS 15 / zsh "primer"? From: Peter Stephenson To: Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2019 11:05:24 +0100 In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Evolution 3.18.5.2-0ubuntu3.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Brightmail-Tracker: H4sIAAAAAAAAA+NgFnrDIsWRmVeSWpSXmKPExsWy7djP87ppTt9iDCZfUrTYcXIlowOjx6qD H5gCGKO4bFJSczLLUov07RK4Mhq6ZzIWdLFVzD7D18D4kKWLkZNDQsBEounsDCYQW0hgBaPE xcUmXYxcQHYPk8Tid3uYIJxuJolXU7tYYTpWNdxmh0gsZ5T4+2IeM1zVwjPX2CCc04wSd5Yt gcqcZ5RoXb6JHaSfV8BQYmfLNmYQW1jAQqK3YyPYJWxA8ambZjOC2CIC4hLPZn4Di7MIqEj0 zdkGFOfg4BQIlLj+JgXiDA2JDTePMUGMFJQ4OfMJWDmzgLxE89bZzBA1t9kkzlwsh7BdJPoX XWaCsIUlXh3fwg5hy0icntzDAnKnhEA7o8SaSa/ZIZweRolNR+8wQlRZS/Tdvgh2BLOApsT6 XfoQYUeJ7v4OVpCwhACfxI23ghA38ElM2jadGSLMK9HRJgRRrSaxo2krI0RYRuLpGoUJjEqz kDwwC8kDsxBWLWBkXsUonlpanJueWmycl1quV5yYW1yal66XnJ+7iRGYBk7/O/51B+O+P0mH GAU4GJV4eCvEv8YIsSaWFVfmHmKU4GBWEuFNvP0lRog3JbGyKrUoP76oNCe1+BCjNAeLkjhv NcODaCGB9MSS1OzU1ILUIpgsEwenVAPj6jkSkycuqVq1qUXzUeLMHzXeaa+28Mqyck2LvHfl uXyvyJW8/+ErY3dV+cgeC2XY7HTx8s7yalE3q4aDLmy8ytILxOU3/xG1fauso/xO89k5a82j bnMbLUP5OLoM/u9Wb1C4bLQ25r6dnTtb63nTCU2ap/qi6jxNNYRZb3jPOfl86dSwNVpKLMUZ iYZazEXFiQArB/TR/wIAAA== X-Brightmail-Tracker: H4sIAAAAAAAAA+NgFmpkkeLIzCtJLcpLzFFi42I5/e/4Xd1Up28xBifPyFnsOLmS0YHRY9XB D0wBjFF6NkX5pSWpChn5xSW2StGGFkZ6hpYWekYmlnqGxuaxVkamSvp2NimpOZllqUX6dgl6 GQ3dMxkLutgqZp/ha2B8yNLFyMkhIWAisarhNnsXIxeHkMBSRonVXX+YIRIyEp+ufGSHsIUl /lzrYoMo6mSSeHDpIFTHaUaJ6Y+mMUM45xkl3k/dDNbOK2AosbNlG5gtLGAh0duxEWwfG1B8 6qbZjCC2iIC4xLOZ38DiLAIqEn1ztgHFOTg4BQIlrr9JgTup+eMdsDOYBTQlWrf/hjpJQ2LD zWNMELsEJU7OfMICUSMv0bx1NvMERqFZSFpmISmbhaRsASPzKkaR1NLi3PTcYkO94sTc4tK8 dL3k/NxNjMDg33bs5+YdjJc2Bh9iFOBgVOLhrRD/GiPEmlhWXJl7iFGCg1lJhDfx9pcYId6U xMqq1KL8+KLSnNTiQ4ymQA9NZJYSTc4HRmZeSbyhqaG5haWhubG5sZmFkjhvh8DBGCGB9MSS 1OzU1ILUIpg+Jg5OqQbGJuOKmXxiR/buYw9Ymmq6ceGXgM296bMPqBk4p2osTFz6tONY+etf ehpqug5P994qfz/b8M+rqEWh6TouYnOnKpwyshHbP+uAxv0npoJqclGes966X4px0QzjKdYN 8upiK28+3bx/0xd1l47MqVMn6D7cbSoaHP2uceqzC0L3pgi7ej65fWGjEktxRqKhFnNRcSIA 3TcGaJQCAAA= X-CMS-MailID: 20190604100525eucas1p215a032fbb2f20021447bc230dc200b14 X-Msg-Generator: CA Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" X-RootMTR: 20190603211054epcas3p13d2d7fc82fb0488bed593ba58fbdf763 X-EPHeader: CA CMS-TYPE: 201P X-CMS-RootMailID: 20190603211054epcas3p13d2d7fc82fb0488bed593ba58fbdf763 References: On Mon, 2019-06-03 at 17:07 -0400, TJ Luoma wrote: > I've been told that zsh is the default shell in the new version of > macOS "Catalina". > > Someone just asked me if I had a quick primer on why zsh is "better" > than other shells. > > I've never really used others so I don't really know much about it, so > I wasn't sure what to suggest other than Googling, The classic introduction to this is the intro.ms file in the Doc directory of the source.  That goes right back to the earlier days, so doesn't mention programmable completion, but is a pretty good introduction to why zsh was different in the first place. The format it's in shows it's age.  You might be best simply to do something like nroff -ms intro.ms| colcrt | uniq >intro.txt pws