From: "'Sven Guckes'" <guckes@math.fu-berlin.de>
To: ZShell Users List <zsh-users@math.gatech.edu>
Subject: Re: zsh for win32 - installation of zshrc
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 01:53:18 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <19980915015318.B22850@math.fu-berlin.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AF4C1F8C5306D111AD5F0000F8662ED3053088AD@RED-MSG-41>; from Amol Deshpande on Mon, Sep 14, 1998 at 11:40:28AM -0700
Quoting Amol Deshpande (amold@MICROSOFT.com):
> There is no problem creating .zshrc on win9x.
> just use a real editor like vim :-) even notepad will do it in a pinch.
> or, copy zshrc .zshrc.
Sure - I don't have a problem with the editor (using vim, of course)
but I am simply not sure about its possible placements ("directory").
Furthermore, the README does not give explicit examples which it should.
And I always thought that the value of a variable on the DOS shell
is "%var%" and not "$var". or has this changed with WindowsNT?
> 7. HOME directory:
> -----------------
> zsh sets the HOME directory if it's not already set. It uses
> the windows directory on win95, $HOMEDRIVE\$HOMEPATH on nt <4.0,
> and $USERPROFILE on NT 4.0 and higher.
> If ZSHDOTDIR is set, zsh sets home to "youdonthavehomeset". This
> is to avoid crashing in places where the shell expects a home directory.
> Picking a real default would defeat the purpose of not setting home.
> (that means you can set ZSHDOTDIR instead of HOME for your startup files)
Well - what is the difference between these methods?
What is the "windows directory" on Windows95
(ie how is this defined in a Windows setup)?
Anyway - this is what I understand so far:
Windows95: C:\WINDOWS\.zshrc
WindowsNT-3.x: $HOMEDRIVE\$HOMEPATH\.zshrc
WindowsNT-4.x: $USERPROFILE\.zshrc
$ZDOTDIR\.zshrc
$HOME\.zshrc
Is this correct now? Can someone come up with a shorter description?
For WindowsNT-4.x - in which order are the various locations checked?
The value of a variable on Windows cannot be used as $VAR (I think)
but needs to be specified as %VAR% - and this is only possible in batch files.
Right or wrong?
I am looking forward to a concise but precise description and
I would love to summarize the info I get - but I need answers.
I think this should be possible somehow.
Or do I have to deassemble the binary?
Sven
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1998-09-14 23:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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1998-09-12 5:43 ` 'Sven Guckes'
1998-09-12 6:53 ` Bart Schaefer
1998-09-14 17:55 ` 'Sven Guckes'
1998-09-14 20:59 ` Amol Deshpande
1998-09-14 18:40 ` Amol Deshpande
1998-09-14 19:54 ` Bart Schaefer
1998-09-14 23:53 ` 'Sven Guckes' [this message]
1998-09-15 0:52 ` Amol Deshpande
1998-09-15 2:19 ` 'Sven Guckes'
1998-09-15 6:31 ` Amol Deshpande
1998-09-15 12:52 ` David N. Blank-Edelman
1998-09-15 17:08 ` Stephen Marley
1998-09-16 12:20 ` Hannu Koivisto
1998-09-16 13:26 ` Stephen Marley
1998-09-17 10:48 ` Hannu Koivisto
1998-09-16 15:32 ` Bart Schaefer
1998-09-15 17:18 ` Bart Schaefer
1998-09-16 23:08 Amol Deshpande
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1998-09-15 21:56 Amol Deshpande
1998-09-16 0:55 ` Bart Schaefer
1998-09-15 18:04 Amol Deshpande
1998-09-15 18:00 Amol Deshpande
1998-09-15 20:59 ` Bart Schaefer
1998-09-15 21:40 ` Bart Schaefer
1998-09-11 18:27 Amol Deshpande
1998-09-11 16:41 Sven Guckes
1998-09-11 17:13 ` Stephen Rondeau
1998-09-11 20:11 ` ric hotchkiss
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