From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 7559 invoked by alias); 16 Mar 2012 07:50:03 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Workers List List-Post: List-Help: X-Seq: 30359 Received: (qmail 22690 invoked from network); 16 Mar 2012 07:50:02 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 Received-SPF: pass (ns1.primenet.com.au: SPF record at phear.org designates 212.117.185.163 as permitted sender) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at phear.org Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 07:43:58 +0000 From: Marc Chantreux To: Fabio Fabbri Cc: zsh-workers@zsh.org Subject: Re: Native Windows port, introduction. Message-ID: <20120316074358.GA23483@aurora-borealis.phear.org> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) hello, On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 07:26:52PM +0100, Fabio Fabbri wrote: > Hi all, > > A quality native port of many useful u*x tools is available from > http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/ but the lack of a native u*x shell > in a Windows console is really annoying, because for scripting CMD.EXE > is poor and has a horrible syntax. * I used amol's zsh with the gnuwin32 tools years ago and it was much, much slower than cygwin was. is there some news about that ? * Don't you think powershell is now the defacto shell for windows ? - pro: accces to all the .net framework - pro: powerfull syntax piping object and having anonymous functions for filter and apply - pro: default standard - cons: lack of vi binding regards marc