(fwd) zsh can't hold options in MOSXS

(fwd) zsh can't hold options in MOSXS

[Timothy J Luoma]

Dwight Lee posted this to comp.sys.next.* newsgroups (incorrectly  
crossposting to csn.misc, but that's another story ;-)

I thought it likely that few folks on this list would see it so I repost it  
here with followups to 'dwight_lee@fortdearborn.com'

NOTE: "MOSXS" stands for "Mac OS X Server"


Begin forwarded message:

Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.misc
Subject: zsh can't hold options in MOSXS
Date: 21 May 1999 08:14:50 GMT
Organization: MCSNet Services
Message-ID: <7i34lq$8et$1@Nntp1.mcs.net>

As a faithful zsh user, I of course set myself up on Mac OS X Server
with zsh, but found that my preferred options weren't sticking.
Specifically, autolist (aka AUTO_LIST) doesn't show up in a plain
"setopt", and it's not the default.  I compiled my own copy of zsh
3.1.5 and the same thing happened.

Oddly, if I pick another option, like autocd, it's fine.

Is this a zsh problem or a MOSXS problem?


Sample:

versace ~ $ ps auxw | grep $$
font     20893   0.0  0.4 2.78M 1.05M p4 S     0:00 /bin/zsh
font     20930   0.0  0.2 2.39M  496K p4 S     0:00 grep 20893
versace ~ $ setopt
interactive
monitor
shinstdin
zle
versace ~ $ setopt autolist
versace ~ $ setopt
interactive
monitor
shinstdin
zle
versace ~ $ setopt autocd
versace ~ $ setopt
autocd
interactive
monitor
shinstdin
zle
versace ~ $

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Re: zsh can't hold options in MOSXS

[Bart Schaefer]

On May 21,  7:57am, Timothy J Luoma wrote:
} Subject: (fwd) zsh can't hold options in MOSXS
}
} Begin forwarded message:
} 
} Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.misc
} Subject: zsh can't hold options in MOSXS
} Date: 21 May 1999 08:14:50 GMT
} Organization: MCSNet Services
} Message-ID: <7i34lq$8et$1@Nntp1.mcs.net>
} 
} As a faithful zsh user, I of course set myself up on Mac OS X Server
} with zsh, but found that my preferred options weren't sticking.
} Specifically, autolist (aka AUTO_LIST) doesn't show up in a plain
} "setopt", and it's not the default.  I compiled my own copy of zsh
} 3.1.5 and the same thing happened.

Autolist -is- on by default in 3.1.5, so it won't show up in setopt
output.  Try doing "setopt kshoptionprint" so that you can see the
state of every option; in 3.1.5 I see (among lots of others)

noautolist            off

("no... off" is "on").

} Is this a zsh problem or a MOSXS problem?

It's a zsh 3.1.5 "problem":  A whole lot of options that weren't on by
default in 3.0.x got made on-by-default in 3.1.5, and the way that
"setopt" prints them correspondingly changed.

The only other time I've something that could be described as "options
not sticking" is when using a zsh that has been patched to add or change
the list of options, and then rebuilt without all the .o files getting
recompiled.

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